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Bored water wells--part 2: Illinois driller deals with--and flourishes in--varying geologies.

In the first part of this article, Andy Wiesenhofer of Reynolds Drilling Corp., Riverton, Ill., told us about his firm's entry into the bored water well market, and how the use of fiberglass pipe in those applications has evolved. Here, in part two, we'll look at a little company history and some of the specifics of Reynolds' work.

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Reynolds Drilling usually has 20 employees, depending on the workload, and the firm's drilling projects are about evenly split between well drilling and pump repair and test drilling.

Wiesenhofer started out cable-tool drilling in 1976 for his dad, who still has a drilling business in Washburn, Ill. "In the early ...

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