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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 ]
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 air conditioning system in America; Pryor Avenue Iron Well, Milwaukee ...
Well Number 5, also called 164th Street Artesian Well, is an artesian well in North Lynnwood, Washington at Swamp Creek. The well puts out between 10–50 US gallons (38–189 L; 8.3–41.6 imp gal) per minute. [a] It is one of ten artesian wells that originally supplied the Alderwood area in the 1950s. [4]
The Waiwhetu artesian aquifer, sometimes referred to as the Hutt aquifer, is a pressurized zone of water-retaining sand, gravel and boulders beneath the Hutt Valley and Wellington Harbour in New Zealand. The aquifer provides about 40% of the public fresh water supply for Lower Hutt and Wellington city.
Artesian Well Park is a small pocket park near downtown Salt Lake City, Utah that contains a natural artesian spring fed by an underground aquifer. It occupies a quarter acre on the southwest corner of the intersection at 800 South and 500 East. People from the surrounding area have been coming to get free water from this spring for over 100 years.
The Pryor Avenue Iron Well, or Iron Well, is an early artesian water well located in the Bay View Historic District of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built in 1882 and named for its high iron content. Originally water naturally flowed from the pressurized aquifer below. The original hand pump is now replaced with an electric pump.
Artesian may refer to: Someone from the County of Artois; Artesian aquifer, a source of water; Artesian Builds, a former computer building company; Artesian, South Dakota, United States; Great Artesian Basin, Australia; The Artesian Hotel, a casino and spa in Sulphur, Oklahoma; 296819 Artesian, an asteroid
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