We wanted to do a checkup on the rights of well owners, and on legal and policy issues surrounding groundwater, so we spoke with Margaret Martens, the Water Systems Council's executive director, and Jeff More, the group's government consultant.

You travel long distances for jobs and stay days, or even weeks, away from home to finish a project. Are you making time to take care of yourself?

Henry Ford once said, "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." When you fall short, do you reflect on the failure and learn from it?

This year’s top products include a split spoon, two rigs.

If you have a skilled employee who seems like a good candidate to strike out on his or her own, try encouragement — especially if you don’t see a clear path up for that person.

We talked with NGWA chief executive Terry S. Morse about his first year on the job, how his marketing experience helps the group and what’s in store as NGWA looks forward.

When deciding whether to add rigs and other large equipment to a fleet, contractors need to consider how much they can afford to pay, how to best structure the terms to leave some cash flow intact, whether to lease or buy, and a host of other questions.

Jeff Hart uses the Chilean Mine Rescue to stoke interest in drilling among the next generation. National Driller saw his presentation at the National Drilling Association (NDA) annual convention in September and caught up with him afterward to talk about the rescue, its legacy for him and his training efforts.

Repeat business makes a contractor's life easier.

Do you ever look beyond the next quarter or next season when it comes to your business?