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Summer Field Conference Draws a Large Crowd
The PGWA Summer Field Conference, held at Funks Drilling in Newville on June 28, had the largest attendance of any PGWA summer meeting. The more than 250 attendees included well drillers, Department of Environmental Protection employees, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources employees, Conservation District personnel, geologists, engineers, and municipal officials. Christine Martin, DEP Deputy Secretary for Water Management was the keynote speaker, and spoke on the importance of the water resources legislation currently before the legislature in Harrisburg. The focus of the field conference was to show how residential well construction standards as envisioned in HB 1591 should be implemented. The demonstrations showed each and every step in the proper drilling, casing, grouting, developing, and testing of a residential water well. Best management practices for sediment control were used and are described in the article on the sediment filter bag at this link. Geothermal loop installation, video logging, and soil jetting and vacuum excavation were also demonstrated. Scroll down to go to the list of hosts, demonstrators, exhibitors, and sponsors. Thank you to all who made this event possible.
To see pictures of Field Conference people, click here.
To see pictures of Field Conference activities, click here.
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You To All Field Conference Supporters The PGWA thanks all of the supporters of the Summer Field Conference who made it a success. Special thanks are extended to Les Funk, and the employees of Funks Drilling and Up-Z-Dazy, who were the hosts. They provided and prepared the Field Conference site, and supplied tools, materials, personnel, and equipment whenever needed to make the demonstrations go smoothly.
Host Les Funk The demonstrations were made possible through equipment, personnel, and materials provided by Schramm, Inc. drill rig, Earth Data Northeast, Inc. video logging and test pumping, Royer Quality Castings well cap, Morris Industries, Inc. pipe, Baroid Drilling Fluids bentonite grout, Eichelbergers, Inc. vacuum soil excavation unit, C. M. Consulting Services grout mixer and pump, J. R. Hammers down-the-hole hammer, Allen Bros.- diverter, Frank Roberts & Sons, Inc. sediment filter bag, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources sediment control fact sheets and information. Exhibitors were C. M. Consulting Services, Central Pump & Supply, Drillers Service, Inc., Eastern Drillers Mfg. Co., Inc., Frys Plastics (also donated drinking water), Ingersoll Rand, Keystone Drill Services, Inc., Morris Industries, Inc., Rotary Drilling Services, Schramm, Inc., and Yorgey Supply, Inc. The sponsors of lunch and dinner were Drillers Service, Inc., Berkeley Pumps, Red Jacket Pumps, Mincon, Inc., Wyo-Ben, Atlas Copco SECOROC, Oil Creek Plastics, and C.M. Consulting Services.
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