well digging
Boring for water
Well digging is the process of excavating a vertical shaft into the ground to reach groundwater.
The practice dates back thousands of years, traditionally done by hand with shovels and picks, now often accomplished with drilling equipment.
The town hired a company for well digging on the new property.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for any deep, laborious excavation of information or resources.
- boreholeDrilled underground passage
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- shovelTool for moving earth
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
rope · pulley · drill · casing · water table · muddy · excavation · pickaxe · depth · shaft · pump · irrigation · oasis · thirst · rope ladder · bedrock · artesian · dowsing
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