Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.”
Water isn’t just a utility — it’s a responsibility
I grew up on a southern cotton farm in Eloy, Arizona, where water was abundant and flood irrigation was the norm. At the time, it felt endless. Looking back now, I understand how much water was lost to evaporation and how differently we treated groundwater when it seemed plentiful.
After moving to West Texas more than a decade ago, I’ve watched the groundwater table steadily decline. I’ve seen lineshaft turbine pumps pulled and replaced with submersibles. I’ve seen 30-horsepower pumps downsized to 15s, 10s turned into 5s — not because demand decreased, but because the water simply wasn’t there anymore.
At 18 years old, I came to West Texas. By 19, I was working in the back shop at Valley Irrigation & Pump Service in Seminole, Texas. My hands-on education started the hard way — rebuilding cast-iron bowl units, assembling new bowls sized to each well, running the lathe to turn shaft, trimming impellers, and learning how precision directly impacts performance.
Valley Irrigation was a turn-key operation. I learned the entire system — drilling considerations, pump sizing, underground water line sizing, electrical wire sizing, column pipe selection, and span lengths feeding agricultural pivots.
At 22, I worked at Simmons Pump (SIMFLO) as inside sales, learning to size lineshaft turbines and design systems ranging from backyard wells to municipal potable water systems using NSF-61 approved equipment.
What stood out was a lack of understanding in proper system sizing across the industry — often to the detriment of the customer. That’s when I knew transparency and stewardship mattered.
I founded Dapper Pump Service Inc. in 2021 with a simple goal: to give customers knowledge, honesty, and systems that truly serve their needs.
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