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News and information for today's drilling
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January 2010
In This Issue:
- Pentair: New Sustainable Water Provider for the Minnesota Twins
- Solar-powered Irrigation Improves Life in sub-Saharan Africa
- WQA Aquatech USA 2010 to Offer Practical Education Topics
- Geothermal Drillers' Course
- Drill Bits, Pressure Sensors and Now High Temperatures
- Scientists Target East Coast Basalt for CO2 Storage
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 Sonic Drill Helps Students Reveal Glacial Secrets
In the summer of 2009, Midwest Geo offered one of its workshops on glacial successions for more than 50 geologists from Canada and the United States. The course teaches the principles of sedimentary depositions, the effects of sedimentary weathering and the methods to describe those elements on boring logs. The workshop also allows the university's geological, engineering and environmental sciences students to identify the same geological units in different boreholes in the region. The drilling firm, Crater Lake Drilling from Red Deer, Alberta, working with personnel from Sonic Drilling Ltd. of Surrey, British Columbia, carefully sampled and provided
100-percent core recovery. First, the team drilled a pilot hole the day before the course to better understand the geology of the region. Next, for the instructional hole, the sonic rig drilled down 100 feet.
Read more ...
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Pentair: New Sustainable Water Provider for the Minnesota Twins
The Twins and Pentair Water are partnering to spotlight the global issue of water by setting a new standard for water use in sports facilities. Pentair will donate and install a custom-designed rain water recycle system (RWRS) that will capture, conserve and reuse rain water at Target Field, the new home of the Minnesota Twins in April 2010.
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Solar-powered Irrigation Improves Life in Rural sub-Saharan Africa
Solar-powered drip irrigation systems significantly enhance household incomes and nutritional intake of villagers in arid sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new Stanford University study. The two-year study found that solar-powered pumps
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installed in remote villages in the
West African nation of Benin are a cost-effective way of delivering
much-needed irrigation water, particularly during the long dry season.
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| WQA Aquatech USA 2010 to
Offer Practical Education Topics
Highlights from the more than 60 educational sessions to be offered at WQA Aquatech USA 2010 include making tight advertising dollars work, tips on exhibiting, and practical techniques. The conference and exhibition will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Mar. 9-12.
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Geothermal Drillers' Course
The Illinois Association of Groundwater Professionals is sponsoring a 3-day International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) accredited driller's program.
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Drill Bits, Pressure Sensors and Now High Temperatures
The drill bit gradually burrows deeper into the earth. Meanwhile, dozens of sensors are busily taking pressure readings and evaluating porosity. Sensors are required to withstand high temperatures and pressures, as well as shocks and vibrations. Yet, on average, pressure sensors can only withstand
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researchers now have developed a pressure sensor system that continues
to function normally even at 482 degrees F.
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south, might be
ideal reservoirs to lock away carbon dioxide emitted by power plants
and other industrial sources.
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Helical Foundations & Tie Backs Specialty Seminar
Las Vegas
973-423-4030
www.dfi.org
February 2-4
Montana Water Well Drillers Association Convention
Billings, Mont.
406-675-3179
www.mwwda.org
February 4-5
Arkansas Water Well Contractors Association Meeting & Trade Show
Hot Springs, Ark.
501-282-6779
www.awwca.com
February 11-12
Maryland/Delaware Water Well Association Convention
Baltimore
800-344-9247
www.mdwwa.org
February 11-13
Mountain States Ground Water Association Expo
Laughlin, Nev.
480-609-3999
www.mountainstatesgroundwater.com
February 17-18
Nebraska Well Drillers Convention & Trade Show
Lincoln, Neb.
402-476-0162
www.nebraskawelldrillers.org
February 18-19
Design and Construction of Wells
Omaha, Neb.
800-551-7379
www.ngwa.org
February 18-19
Illinois Association of Groundwater Professionals Meeting & Expo
Normal, Ill.
708-488-8993
www.iagp.org
February 18-19
Oklahoma Ground Water Association Trade Show & Convention
Oklahoma City, Okla.
888-884-6492
www.ogwa.biz
February 19-20
Pacific Northwest Ground Water Expo
Portland, Ore.
800-551-7379
www.ngwa.org
February 22-24
Missouri Water Well Association Trade Show
Ozark, Mo.
573-729-4830
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