McCarty currently serves IGWA as vice-president, is a two term past president of IGWA, and is active in encouraging membership and participation in the state association.  

He became involved with the water well industry in 1990 bringing 15 years of self-employed business experience with him. McCarty owns and operates a modern cable tool drill and 2 large air rotary rigs, and 2 pump trucks.  The company engages generally in private water well construction with wells ranging from 50’ to 600’ in depth in a diverse array of geologic formations.  McCarty Drilling & Pump Inc. is an Award Dealer for a leading pump line, takes great pride in building quality water systems for customers, and relies heavily on American-made products.

McCarty has written and published articles in the Water Well Journal and has taught classes at a variety of workshops at Idaho Ground Water Associations conventions, in Las Vegas at the NGWA Expo, and has taught classes for continuing education credit on Idaho Electrical Codes. He currently holds a Montana and Idaho Drillers license, and Specialty Electrical and Specialty Plumbing Contractor’s licenses in the state of Idaho.

He served NGWA with seven years as Director on their Contractor’s Board, the NGWA Government Affairs Committee as a member of the Rural Water Subcommittee, and as Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee.  He has been involved with the Washington Legislative Fly-in and has been active in communicating with members of Congress on the needs of the ground water industry. 

McCarty has been a spokesperson representing the drilling community throughout the negotiated rulemaking committee process with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality in their recent 2006 rulemaking effort to create public water system rules. In addition, for the past two years McCarty has been deeply involved with the Idaho Department of Water Resources rulemaking effort for their new and upcoming set of construction rules which are still underway. He has been instrumental in encouraging regulators to use common sense approaches to well construction rules and enforcement.

McCarty will serve the IGWA as its 2008 President.

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