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36 APRIL 2017 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Quick Pump Change with Flexible Drop Pipe Adapted from Information by Hose Solutions, Inc. Stovepipe Wells, in California’s Death Valley, is a long four-hour drive from the next town. So when the National Parks Service decided to replace the submersible pump at a well located at Stovepipe Wells, they had to consider the cost of deploying equipment to the area. With previous pump change-outs, the con- tractor would spend a couple of days on a simple project because driving to and from the site took so much time. Replacing parts was also very costly due to the remoteness. When the project was put out to tender, a contractor suggested using flexible drop pipe instead of steel pipe. In addition to being totally non- corrosive, flexible drop pipe does not scale internally. The flow rate on day one is the flow rate for the life of the pipe; and when using solar power for the en- ergy source, as was the case with this project, it is essential to run pumps as efficiently as possible. Another major advantage is it’s flexible and easy to handle. Since it is one continuous length, installing a submersible pump on flexible drop pipe is quick, easy, and safe. In this project, the contractor arrived on-site and got down to connecting the two 80-gallon-per- minute pumps and splicing the power cable. Then they connected 100 feet of 3-inch flexible drop pipe to the patented double- ring fittings before attaching the cable straps which supported the power cable along the length of the hose. Once everything was connected, it took 20 minutes to lower the pump into the ground. Boreline Flexible Drop Pipe Simplify your life. Replace your rigid pipes. BORELINE Flexible Drop Pipe Simple installation and retrieval. Total corrosion resistance. Safer working environment. 50-year warranty. 900 psi burst; 40,000 lbs. tensile. Hose Solutions, Inc. Scottsdale AZ 480-607-1507 sales@hosesolutions.com www.hosesolutions.com Open the Doorway to all the Event Photos during the 2017 Texas Ground Water Association Annual Convention & Trade Show. To see all the pictures from this event, go to: www.worldwidedrillingresource.info/gallery/2017/TGWA2017, or just click here. Feel free to download at will and print the photo(s) of your choice. Compliments of WorldWide Drilling Resource ® . Photos are copyrighted and released for personal use only - no commercial use permitted.