Fred Rothauge, CWD, is drilling fluids and well rehabilitation manager for Hydro Resources and past owner and president of Quality Drilling Fluids, a company he started and owned for 22 years. He has over 38 years’ experience in oil and gas, mining, water well drilling, and well rehabilitation.
Rothauge serves on the NGWA Contractors Board and served as president of the Colorado Water Well Contractors Association in 2019. He has coauthored papers on drilling fluid products and is a coauthor of Johnson Screen’s third edition of Groundwater & Wells. His primary interests are in groundwater resources development and well rehabilitation. Rothauge holds water well driller licenses in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. His NGWA certification includes air rotary drilling, mud rotary drilling, reverse circulation drilling, and well servicing and maintenance.