Logic states if you have the same amount of air available to push the water out, you will be able to deliver the same amount of water between the pump cycles regardless whether the tank has a diaphragm separating the air from the water.
Some of the more dangerous conditions that can be encountered during drilling include underground fuel tanks, high pressure gas lines, high voltage electrical lines, and lost circulation zones which can catastrophically collapse and consume a whole drill rig (and crew) in minutes.
Government regulation is often viewed as intrusive and against the pioneering grain of the independent and sulf-sufficient settler, at least as this figure is understood in popular culture.
A geothermal system requires a series of boreholes in which pipes are installed vertically beneath the earth's surface, creating a loop system through which fluid is curculated.
The theme of this issue of The Driller is "Challenges Facing the 21st Century Contractor," and our sudden surge of frigid weather has made me think how the weather has been and continues to be a challenge for drillers.