How to Use artesian well in a Sentence

artesian well

noun
  • The seller had been a well-driller and expert at artesian wells, and there was a 280-foot artesian well on-site.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 June 2022
  • Back in the '60s, the estate had a private gas pump, and the sprinkler system was designed to draw from an artesian well.
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 8 July 2017
  • Well, an artesian well drilled in the northwest sector of Woodchuck Hill.
    Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Researchers believe the geyser formed when ranchers drilled a hole (no one knows why) and hit a hot-water artesian well.
    Harriot Manley, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
  • In 1892, The residents of the fledgling city placed their hopes on an artesian well at the intersection of Main and Center streets.
    Owen Prout, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Baldwin had become smitten with the rancho, which was lush and green due to the artesian wells that ran beneath its rolling pastures.
    Scott Garner, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Find Maslowski Beach or Prentice Park and fill an empty milk jug or two with artesian well water.
    Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • Suddenly, Straka spotted a 4-inch pipe snaking from an artesian well.
    Curt Brown, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Creek, artesian well, natural pond, abundant wildlife, rolling hills.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The Slaughter Ranch, until recently, has relied on artesian wells (wells that don’t require pumping because water comes to the surface of the ground by way of springs) for water.
    Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Elsewhere on the grounds is an artesian well, three ponds -- one stocked with catfish -- two barns, storage facilities, corrals and a pavilion that doubles as an icehouse.
    Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Metalious had modernized and expanded the house and had dug an artesian well that still provides a reliable water source, Marshall says.
    Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
  • Simultaneously, the event was meant to raise funds and invited investors to sponsor projects such as land and water preservation projects, artesian well building and more.
    Angie Jaime, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Beginning in the late 1800s, settlers drilled artesian wells deep into the aquifer, creating a water source capable of supplying the city’s residents as San Antonio grew through the decades.
    Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Instead, the Stone Road team uses ladybugs, predator mites, and a medley of beneficial fungi for pest control and irrigates with water from a 460 foot deep artesian well.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Over time, increased pressure from growing populations and cattle grazing on both sides of the border led to local extinctions of many species, and soon the wetlands were largely converted to individual ponds and artesian wells.
    Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020

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