Fit to Lead

摘要

Taking the helm amid a global pandemic, incoming National Ground Water Association President Brian Snelten, PG, knows firsthand what many in the ground-water industry are facing these days. As area manager for Layne Christensen, A Granite Company, in Aurora, Illinois, Snelten speaks often with both area and project managers within his company throughout the United States. From coast to coast, Snelten is uniquely connected to the industry. The fourth-generation water well contractor who grew up working at his family's drilling and pump business in Lake Bar-rington, Illinois, is eyeing 2022 with a desire for the industry to return to normal business operations. "We've seen supply chain issues and we'll be looking at how the Association can help," says the 43-year-old who will be sworn in as the 2022 NGWA president at Groundwater Week 2021, December 14-16 in Nashville, Tennessee. "Part of my goal is to get things back to normal, if you will, and see how we can go from there." Outgoing NGWA President Merritt Partridge of Partridge Well Drilling Co. Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida, is only the second individual in the Association's 73 years to serve two years instead of one. This, of course, was due to the pandemic.