Driven Well (Noun)
Meaning
A well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The drivewell was specifically designed to be a reliable water source for rural areas with limited access to piped water supplies.
- A drivewell works by pushing a pipe into the ground until it reaches water-bearing strata.
- Typically, a drivewell installation involved hammering a small steel tube into the ground to access the underground water source.
- To construct the drivewell, initial digging or hammering was used to create a pilot hole into which the driving tube was placed.
- A drivewell was an effective solution for providing clean drinking water in areas where deeper wells were not feasible.