Water Well Journal

With the macro forces we see impacting our customers and their customers, cautious optimism seems to be the consensus. After years of a pandemic, supply chain challenges, inflationary pressure, and geopolitical unrest, everyone is looking forward to stability. Ean Reves in "WWJ Closeup", page 10 PUNCH LIST The November issue of Water Well Journal focuses on business management, rules, and regulations and will contain multiple feature articles on the subject as well as a profile of the next NGWA president. waterwelljournal.com 80 n October 2022 WWJ There are some really good takeaways [in our Groundwater Week 2022 presentation, "Air Drilling Best Practices"] but our main focus is to share some troubleshooting tips that can help save you time and money when air drilling. Katy Anderson in "Groundwater Week 2022 Q&A", page 44 Another reason that active listening and ask- ing great questions is critical in sales is because it is how we build trust with others. Carole Mahoney in "Building Trust", page 56 Studies show that workers only identify about 45%, not even half, of the hazards in their work area during pre-job safety briefings. Those who use the Energy Wheel, however, find up to 30% more hazards in the work area. Jim Wright in "Energy-Based Hazard Identification", page 23 You can't afford not to do it. Look at your downtime [in the event of a breakdown], and then go backwards and say, 'How much of that could I have prevented?' Gerry Mead in "Predictive Maintenance", page 29 A single job setting may present more than one risk factor for [work-related musculoskeletal disorders]. The level of risk for developing such disorders depends on the intensity, frequency, and duration of the work tasks being performed. Alexandra Walsh in "The Best Defense Against WMSDs", page 54

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