Massive construction trade show attracted 620K attendees, 3,700 vendors

Every profession, especially a niche field like drilling, has tricks or jargon that everyone assumes everyone else knows. But, if you missed it during training, specialty knowledge veers quickly into "too embarrassed to ask" territory.

Tell us what kind of coverage you want to see from one of the world's largest trade shows.

There's undeniably a crisis affecting large swaths of the U.S., and a lot of urban and suburban Americans don't see it.

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.