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The Well A Raised Garden As A Collection Of Plants Eugene, Oregon
A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. [from wikipedia]
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2020 The Well, A Raised Garden, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon

Wells have traditionally been sunk by hand digging, as is still the case in rural areas of the developing world. These wells are inexpensive and low-tech as they use mostly manual labour, and the structure can be lined with brick or stone as the excavation proceeds.[from wikipedia]

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2022 The Well, A Raised Garden, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon

Two broad classes of well are shallow or unconfined wells completed within the uppermost saturated aquifer at that location, and deep or confined wells, sunk through an impermeable stratum into an aquifer beneath.[from wikipedia]

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2023 The Well, A Raised Garden, As A Collection Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon

Until recent centuries, all artificial wells were pumpless hand-dug wells of varying degrees of sophistication, and they remain a very important source of potable water in some rural developing areas, where they are routinely dug and used today.[from wikipedia]


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