In the North Dakota oil fields, where luxuries are few, it’s more than just irritating when water lines freeze and there’s no water for basic needs like taking a shower or making a pot of coffee.
Curt Vachal and his son, Beau, understand that. They have worked in the oil fields. Since March 2005, however, they’ve been on the other side of that situation, providing septic and water services to oil rigs and other companies servicing the drilling companies.
As production of the Bakken Formation has boomed, the family business in the little town of Stanley, N.D., has grown from father and
