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21 The Preferred Fishing Tool
By Mike Price
Contractors weigh in on the decades-
long debate between magnet versus
junk basket.
26
Water Well Journal Q&A
By Mike Price
Jeff Cummings of Jeff Cummings'
Services LLC
He established the company in 2012
with a goal to provide the best products
and service throughout the Northeast.
28
Water Well Journal Q&A
By Thad Plumley
Caitlin Barnes, Ph.D., of
Oklahoma State University
The OSU assistant director of outreach
helped create Drilling Basics Online,
a training program that could impact
new hires in the groundwater industry.
32 A Welcome Sight to See
By Mike Price
Groundwater Week 2021 was back
in-person and saw 4171 attendees take
in 30-plus workshops and network with
247 exhibitors in Nashville.
February 2022
Vol. 76, No. 2
waterwelljournal.com
About the cover: A new residential well is drilled on a
jobsite by a crew from Lovelace Well Drilling Inc. near Darlington,
Wisconsin. The well was 201 feet deep with 147 feet of casing.
The crew encountered broken formations that produced discolored
water early on, but after the casing was installed, the well pro-
duced 25 gallons per minute of clear water. Lovelace is located in
Argyle, Wisconsin, and works on jobs involving well drilling, pump
systems, septic systems, and more. Photo courtesy Scott Kok,
Lovelace Well Drilling.
2 n February 2022 WWJ
