Featured ARTICLES
24 Water Testing for Well Health
By Michael Schnieders, PG, PH-GW
Checking for contamination is
important, but knowing about fouling
and the ageing of the well are critical
too.
29 Decommissioning the Right Way
By William Wagner
Doing it correctly protects the aquifer
from potential contamination.
32
Water Well Journal Q&A
Richard Thron, MGWC, NGWAF
By Mike Price
The president of Mantyla Well Drilling Inc.
in Lakeland, Minnesota, discusses
sealing wells contaminated by PFAS.
April 2023
Vol. 77, No. 4
waterwelljournal.com
About the cover: A crew from Ojo Springs Drilling and Well
Service Inc. got to have a breathtaking backdrop at a jobsite. The
crew used an Ingersoll-Rand T4 rig to drill a residential water well
near Spanish Peaks, Colorado. Ojo Springs Drilling and Well Service,
located in Walsenburg, Colorado, was established in 2003 and is
owned by O.G. Blouin. It provides water well drilling services to the
southern portions of the state and hauls water to residential and
commercial sites as well. Photo courtesy Dave and Kelly Wheeler.
2 n April 2023 WWJ
