Water Well Journal

Perhaps the monitoring of wells is not unlike the recognizable slogan used for a popular insurance company: "Fifteen minutes can save you 15 percent on. . . ." Eric Duderstadt in "Monitoring Strategies for Well Systems", page 29 PUNCH LIST The May issue of Water Well Journal focuses on irrigation and groundwater. It will feature an article on advances coming out of the Irrigation Innovation Consortium. We collected over five thousand samples from our borings, which in itself is incredible, and led to a great understanding of the distribution (of contamination) and issues with the groundwater. Jim Langenbach in "Ground Control", page 34 waterwelljournal.com 68 n April 2021 WWJ The groundwater industry has finally made a paradigm shift from operate to failure to more effective asset management. . . . More demand on groundwater supplies, the increasing cost of pumping water, and decreasing budgets make water well rehabilitation and maintenance much more important. Neil Mansuy in "Shifting Thinking in Well Cleaning and Maintenance", page 23 Eye injuries are one of the most common incidents on jobsites, and they cost more than $300 million per year in lost production time, medical expenses, and workers' compensation. Alex Walsh in "The Right Eye Protection", page 38 Listen to the water test results in the field—especially those that can't be sent to a laboratory —like hydrogen sulfide, pH, and dissolved iron. It's best to have the tools to do the detective work while on site. Greg Gruett in "WWJ Closeup", page 9 Keep it simple. I always set up a single stand-alone system with no detours to other filters or injectors. Far too often I've walked in on these so-called Cadillac water systems that don't do anything but take out a third mortgage on the homeowner. Shawn Lyons in "Water Well Journal Q&A", page 32

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