thecaledonianrose t1_j6gqc73 wrote
Reply to comment by sharrrper in Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
Not true. I've worked at houses where five different wells were drilled to 1500 feet and never got more than 0.10 gpm flow rate in any of them, which isn't really enough to support a home. That's when you get into the complicated stuff - a system that draws from each well to a point, creating a storage reserve, switches that sense lack water and turn off so the pump motor doesn't burn out.
sharrrper t1_j6gqx1y wrote
I said hard, not impossible. I have no doubt there are individual places that have had difficulty getting a well going. That doesn't change the fact that most of the time you can drill wherever and likely hit something. Historically speaking especially.
thecaledonianrose t1_j6jkrk9 wrote
Mm, true. And it isn't as if you limited it to 'potable water,' strictly speaking.
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