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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 ]
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.
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 ...
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.
Schematic of an aquifer showing confined zones, groundwater travel times, a spring and a well An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeable or fractured rock, or of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).
Pages in category "Water wells in the United States" ... List of artesian wells in the United States; A. Artesian Commons; Artesian Well Park; B. Big Well (Kansas) C.
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]
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 ...