LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I,
Donald K. Miller, the undersigned, of 588
Round Hill Road, Greenwich, Connecticut
06831, hereby make, constitute and appoint
Steven F. Crooke or, in the alternative,
Jerry W. Fanska, each of Layne Christensen
Company, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway,
Mission Woods, Kansas, my true and lawful
attorney-in-fact for me and in my name,
place, and stead giving severally unto said
Mr. Crooke and Mr. Fanska full power to
execute and to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") as my attorney-
in-fact, any and all SEC Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144
required to be filed under the Securities Act
of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, each as amended, in connection with my
beneficial ownership of equity securities of
Layne Christensen Company.

      The rights, powers, and authority of
said attorney-in-fact herein granted shall
commence and be in full force and effect as
of the date hereof, and such rights, powers,
and authority shall remain in full force and
effect for as long as the undersigned is
subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 16 or until revoked in writing by the
undersigned, whichever first occurs.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
executed this Limited Power of Attorney as of
this 19th day of March, 2007.



				/s/ Donald K. Miller
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                        (Signature)


State of Connecticut	)
                    ) ss.
County of Fairfield )

On this 19th day of March, 2007,
before me a notary public in and for said
state, personally appeared Donald K. Miller,
to me personally known, who being duly sworn,
acknowledged that he had executed the
foregoing instrument for purposes therein
mentioned and set forth.


                      /s/ Denise M. Zambardi
[SEAL]                    -----------------------
                         Notary Public


My Commission Expires:

  May 31, 2010
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     (Date)