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For more information, visit: www.mwwa.org or call: 800-332-2104 Minnesota Water Well Association 96 th Annual Convention & Trade Show January 28 - 31, 2018 St. Cloud River’s Edge Convention Center St. Cloud, MN SCHEDULE Sunday: 1 - 6 pm Registration and Exhibitor Set-up 2 - 5 pm MWWABoard of Directors Meeting 5 - 11 pm MWWA Hospitality Tuesday: 6:30 am Registration 7 - 8:30 am Annual Meeting 8:30 am - Noon Classes and McEllhiney Lecture 1 - 2 pm Past Presidents Meeting 2:15 - 4 pm Final Board Meeting Monday: 7 - 10 am Registration 7 am - Noon Exhibitor Set-up 8 am - Noon Classes 10 am - 1 pm Ladies Program 12 - 4:30 pm Trade Show with 20-minute Vendor TED Talks 5:30 - 7 pm Awards, Banquett, and more 7 - 11 pm Casino Night Wednesday: 8 am - 5 pm Plumbing Course Research Drilling for the British Geological Survey Adapted from Information by South West Geotechnical South West Geotechnical was selected as the specialist drilling contractor to assist the British Geological Survey to log the entire sequence of Lias strata, which helped to fur- ther understand the geology in the Glastonbury area of England. The British Geological Survey provides geo- logical information for southwest England. The mapping team works in and around Glastonbury, and work has focussed on improving their understanding of the Lower Lias part of the Jurassic sequence. This sequence is well-known along the Dorset and East Devon World Heritage Site coastline. It has been the subject of much interest by professional geologists, enthusiastic amateurs, and the general public since Victorian times. Key to this interest is the lure of finding an unknown dinosaur or ammonite fossil. Some distance inland, north of the Heritage coast, particularly around Glastonbury, recent mapping indicated the early geological mapping, conducted between 1850-1973, significantly underestimated the frequency of faulting in the Jurassic rocks. This faulting made calculating the thickness of the various Lower Lias units extremely difficult. To address this problem, two boreholes were strategically located on a hillside near Glastonbury to provide a stratigraphical marker for the district. Drilling requirements for the two boreholes were challenging since nothing less than 100% recovery would be acceptable if an entire sequence was to be logged. Each borehole was drilled to a depth of around 330 feet. Editor’s Note: In between our print issues, the WWDR Team prepares an electronic newsletter called E-News Flash . Based on readership, this was the most popular E-News Flash article of the month. Get in on the act ion and subscribe today at: www.worldwidedrillingresource.com The cored sediment is anticipated to prove the following sequence: 48 JANUARY 2018 WorldWide Drilling Resource ®