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This Web site is an educational service of the

 Pennsylvania Ground Water Association, Inc.

PGWA 2012 Scholarship Applications Being Accepted

To learn about the 2012 PGWA Scholarship Programk, click this link.

The application submission deadline is February 29, 2012.

The PGWA 2012 Winter Conference

is on January 26 and 27, 2012

at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey at Exit 80 on I-81 in Grantville, PA.

To print the agenda below and the registration forms, click on this link.

The 10 presentations that are shaded provide

12 Professional Development Hours (PDH's)

for licensed Professional Geologists and licensed Professional Engineers

          

           To print this agenda, click this link.        

Learn How to Drill a Large-Diameter Top-Hole!

 

 

This 20-inch Cyclopsbutton bit was used to drill the top-hole!

See how we constructed the large-diameter top-hole by clicking on this link.

 

The Pennsylvania Ground Water Association

Is Developing A Statewide Model Drilling Ordinance

for Pennsylvania’s Municipalities

 

To learn more about this initiative, click this link.

Learn How to Make Drilling Water Clear!

 

 

The muddy drilling water in the cup on the right was treated with a Polyacrylamide polymer and became the crystal clear water in the cup on the left!

Learn how to make your drilling water clear by clicking on this link.

See how PGWA demonstrated the proper construction

of a geothermal vertical heat exchanger borehole

at the June 2009 Summer Field Conference
For a reprint of the article from the PA Driller Newsletter, click this link.

 

Hydrofracturing article from the 3rd quarter 2006 issue

of the Pennsylvania Driller newsletter

Click this link to open an Adobe Acrobat® pdf file of this article.

 

"Understanding Your Water Well" Fact Sheet Published by DEP.  This Fact Sheet explains how a well goes dry and what you can do if your well goes dry.  Click on this link to learn read this new Fact Sheet.  Learn how to find a good well driller.

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