SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D
(RULE 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a)
AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)
(AMENDMENT NO. 3)

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

(Name of Issuer)

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

521050 10 4

(CUSIP Number)

WILLIAM J. JANETSCHEK
KKR ASSOCIATES, L.P.
C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO.
9 WEST 57TH STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
(212) 750-8300

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

COPY TO:

PETER KERMAN
LATHAM & WATKINS
135 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025
(650) 328-4600

September 13, 2002

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this statement because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box [ ].


CUSIP No. 521050 10 4		SCHEDULE 13D		Page 2 of 5 Pages



1	Name of Reporting Person KKR Associates, L.P.

2	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group			(a) [ ]
				(b) [X]

3	SEC Use Only

4	Source of Funds OO

5	Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)			[ ]

6	Citizenship or Place of Organization New York

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	Sole Voting Power 1,730,436 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

		8	Shared Voting Power -0- SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

		9	Sole Dispositive Power 1,730,436 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

		10	Shared Dispositive Power -0- SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

11	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 1,730,436 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

12	Check Box if Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares			[ ]

13	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11) 14.7%

14	Type of Reporting Person PN

KKR Associates, L.P., a New York limited partnership (“KKR Associates”) hereby amends, as set forth below, its Statement on Schedule 13D dated August 13, 1997 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 25, 1997 (the “Statement”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Statement on Schedule 13D dated May 24, 2002 (“Amendment No. 1”) and Amendment No. 2 to Statement on Schedule 13D dated June 4, 2002, relating to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Layne Christensen Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Statement and Amendment No. 1.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Company.

The response to Item 5 is amended as follows:

On September 13, 2002, KKR Associates sold an aggregate of 275,000 shares of Common Stock at a per share price of $9.00 pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of the date hereof, KKR Associates owns 1,730,436 shares of Common Stock, which represents 14.7% of the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding (based on 11,772,350 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on August 23, 2002 as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2002).

Item 7. Materials to be Filed As Exhibits.

1. Power of Attorney dated September 20, 1999 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 of Amendment No. 1).

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: September 18, 2002


		KKR ASSOCIATES, L.P.

		By:		*

		Name: Edward A. Gilhuly Its: General Partner

• The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does sign and execute this Amendment No. 3 pursuant to the Power of Attorney executed by Edward A. Gilhuly and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 1.


By:		/s/ William J. Janetschek

		William J. Janetschek Attorney-in-fact

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KKR ASSOCIATES SC 13D/A