Water Well Journal
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Featured ARTICLES 23 Sustaining the Future By Mike Price Organizations work to ensure water well hand pumps continue to operate after installation in developing nations. 29 Field Notes By Raymond L. Straub Jr., PG Introduction to basic field methods for carbonate and sulfate rock identification 2015 Groundwater Expo 34 Groundwater Expo at a Glance It's almost Expo Time! 40 2015 Groundwater Expo Exhibitors 44 New Exhibitor Showcase 46 Water Well Personalities Giving Back By Jennifer Strawn Incoming NGWA President Jeffrey Williams, MGWC, CVCLD, gives back to his community and industry. NOVEMBER 2015 VOL. 69, NO. 11 About the cover: A Little Beaver LS200H portable rig leaves Obilo, a village in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after drilling a well in June 2012. It's standard procedure to have multiple workers escort the rig out of the village so no one gets injured while running alongside it. The average depth of the 38 wells Congo Frontline Missions has drilled since February 2010 is 125 feet. The drilling formation is sand, gravel, or shale. Read more on page 23. Photo courtesy Congo Frontline Missions. 2 November 2015 WWJ waterwelljournal.com