Artesian Rest EarthCache EarthCache
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Originally this earthcache was created by Greengecko. I wanted to see it live on so I was allowed to adopt it.
In an artesian well, water rises from an underground water-containing rock layer under its own pressure. Rain falls at one end of the water-bearing layer, or aquifer, and percolates through the layer. The layer fills with water up to the level of the water table. Water will flow from a well under its own pressure if the well head is below the level of the water table.
Here's a little experiment to show you how artesian pressure works. Fill a plastic baggie with water, put a straw in through the opening, tape the opening around the straw closed, then squeeze the baggie. Artesian water is pushed out through the straw.
In order to log this cache you need to do the following:
1. Picture of you with your GPS at the well.
2. Estimate how deep the water table is in the area.
**To do that, you need to find the elevation at the nearest open water and the elevation at the artesian well and compare the two.
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