B
rian Snelten, PG, (right) receives the gavel to become
the 2022 National Ground Water Association president
from Merritt Partridge at the NGWA Delegates Meeting
December 15 in Nashville, Tennessee. The event was part of
Groundwater Week 2021 which took place December 14-16,
and drew 4171 attendees, making it the 21st largest NGWA
annual conference and the largest ever held outside of
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Snelten, an area manager for Layne Christensen, a Granite
Company, in Aurora, Illinois, is a fourth-generation water well
contractor. The gavel exchange between him and Partridge
was delayed one year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced
Groundwater Week 2020 to be virtual only, making Partridge
NGWA's second president to serve two years. A full recap of
Groundwater Week 2021 will be in the February 2022 issue of
Water Well Journal. Photo courtesy Chris Casella.
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may be "first up" in an issue of WWJ ! And remember, if your
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GETTING THE GAVEL
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