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An artesian well is a well that brings groundwater to the surface without pumping because it is under pressure within a body of rock or sediment known as an aquifer. [1] When trapped water in an aquifer is surrounded by layers of impermeable rock or clay, which apply positive pressure to the water, it is known as an artesian aquifer . [ 1 ]
A dug well in a village in Faryab Province, Afghanistan The difference between a well and a cistern is in the source of the water: a cistern collects rainwater whereas a well draws from groundwater. A well is an excavation or structure created on the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water.
The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) [1] of Australia is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, extending over 1,700,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi). Measured water temperatures range from 30 to 100 °C (86 to 212 °F).
Water under artesian pressure soars from a well tapping the Floridan aquifer system in southern Georgia. Comparison of hydrogeologic terminology used for the Floridan aquifer system. In 1936, geologist Victor Timothy (V.T.) Stringfield first identified the existence of the Floridan Aquifer in peninsular Florida and referred to the carbonate ...
Hornsby, Tennessee wells including one at Hornsby Elementary School; Ludowici Well, Ludowici, Georgia; Maka Yusota, Savage, Minnesota; McConnell Springs Park, Lexington, Kentucky; Olympia Brewery, Olympia, Washington (see Olympia Brewing Company#Use of artesian water) Polk Theater well, Lakeland, Florida; possibly used in the loop of the first ...
Edwards and Trinity Aquifers map. The Edwards Aquifer is one of the most prolific artesian aquifers in the world. [2] Located on the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas, it is the source of drinking water for two million people, and is the primary water supply for agriculture and industry in the aquifer's region.
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Wiley's Well is a natural artesian well in the Colorado Desert of Southern California as well as the name of the surrounding region. It is west of Blythe, California , in Riverside County . It is named after Palo Verde storekeeper and postmaster A.P. Wiley who, in 1907, made a shallow well deeper that was dug in 1876 by a stagecoach company ...