How do Water Wells Work?

For many people in the world, they get their water supplied to them through pipes in their houses or apartment. However, for the rest of the world not hooked up to centralized water, they get their water through either private or public wells. ‘
Wells are some of the most essential components to developing a sustainable society. They provide a clean and reliable supply of water for drinking, bathing, and irrigation, even in locations where water on the surface is scarce.
Wells are essentially just holes in the ground filled with water, but they have more complexities than meets the eye. Let’s take a closer look at how wells work.
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be honest, this wasnt recommended to you, you looked it up

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nigga im high asff

[@devastatedbaby]

It's 3 am and yeah i'm curious

[@corndogplays304]

Didn’t have to call me out like that

[@enam98]

This dude went so into detail I got lost and now I have to watch another video to learn how a well works! 😭

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I get that and I don’t even smoke no more 🌳🌳🌳 🌳 still had to rewind like 17.6 times

[@Vuden13]

Lol

[@dionysus2006]

Dig a hole .... get water..... now you know

[@brian1192]

Bro I thought it was me I still didn’t get it lol

[@madlad29]

Fantastic video. Concise and "well" done.

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I love you for that joke hahah Have a great day!

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This is a very helpful video for 2022 keep up the good hard work

[@kiddo280]

Thank you so much for this video! 😊

[@MrDPMan3000]

I knew a few things about wells but didn't quite know about most stuff or how to connect the dots on how it works. The video def helped thanks!

[@TheOriginalGregToo]

Great video that was to the point and full of interesting information!

[@alexlim5787]

Nice, extra "oh that's cool to know" kinda knowledge 😂. Great video 👍

[@ConcerningReality]

Thanks! 😃

[@Imbalto]

As a student who has to know hydrodynamics idk why I clicked this video. I’m the guy who uses the equations for the cone of depression. Why am I here

[@alexlim5787]

@@Imbalto everyone just tends to stumble upon a video on this platform, it just so you landed on a channel that is pretty educational and very useful for some "extra" knowledge. Btw, since you study hydrodynamics, what's the difference between hydrodynamics and fluid dynamics?

[@Imbalto]

@@alexlim5787 As far as I know (im still a student) fluid dynamics is used for moving bodies of fluids (Rivers, canals, wind, etc) and hydrodynamics has to do with systems that involve hydraulic pressures that drive the motion of the fluids (such as the motion of groundwater in response to gravity, outlet areas, and other forces) And to reiterate Don't take my word as fact. i'm still learning

[@catblox1499]

@@ConcerningReality question Questions Why is water named water?

[@joeycad]

There is a newer device called a wash down valve for " jetting" in wells in non rock subsurfaces.( as yet there is no demonstration on youtube ) Recipricating Rodpumps as used in windmills and oilwells can be used in very deep and small diameter wells.

[@FinnGriffin]

Early morning question from my kiddo: Dad, how are wells made? Answer: Let’s watch this video. Perfect explanation for both kid and parent!

[@jessefp1940]

Very cool, thanks for going so deep

[@teeteejay001]

That's a well-thought out pun

[@urimc]

Thats what she sai-

[@hi-z]

I'm 23 and never knew that there's water under the ground. Glorious!

[@GsL2I0B0R0A]

Really? wow! I knew this since I was 14 or so. 🤔

[@vaishnavivodnala3223]

Then where did u think the water in the wells came from? 😂😂

[@hi-z]

@@vaishnavivodnala3223 im not sure I thought maybe it was where water was stored. I live in California and it is rare for you to use well water here so its not something I was exposed to much. What a difference in Texas, where many people use well water only on their properties

[@vaishnavivodnala3223]

@@hi-z oh right yeah makes sense haha depends on the surroundings and where you were brought up I guess....

[@wulfherecyning1282]

In fairness, even though I knew there was water underground, I wasn't exactly sure how that water got *into* the wells.

[@dkai3976]

I looked this up while drunk, thank you for entertaining drunk me and educating sober me👍

[@Allistair87]

Learning this just in case I travel back in time and need to make a well

[@breezy1906]

Thanks for this video

[@kinyacat5919]

Well.. Explained!

[@Liam_The_Great]

Excellent video mate

[@ConcerningReality]

Thanks!

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awesome vid thx!!!

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Blessed to have such technology

[@limitedquantitysufiyyahexp4905]

Nah, makes you lazy, cons are way more.

[@HS-ts5wf]

@@limitedquantitysufiyyahexp4905 Okay, then don't use it and go up to a river everyday and bring buckets of water back cause that's sooooo much more efficient.

[@limitedquantitysufiyyahexp4905]

@@HS-ts5wf Yeah, It's more efficient, I'll be pretty fit unlike a certain people who use technology for everything. Just my opinion, no need to be a twitter rat.

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Nice Video!😄👍🏻 Keep it up

[@keithaddy6333]

I got curious suddenly before bed and now I know.thank you😂

[@The-realnews]

Now it's time to Google "where is everything come from" 🤣😂

[@OntarioWoodlandAdventures]

Great video!

[@ConcerningReality]

Thank you!

[@SPTSuperSprinter156]

And here was me thinking that wells simply existed as a prop to be used in horror movies.

[@crowchaye3793]

That’s cool!

[@kangill2411]

I just moved into a rural home that has both a well and cistern, and both need refilling every few weeks with water truck delivery. Does this mean I have a shallow well? Still not sure how system works.

[@earthlessmoon7871]

Woww so nice

[@sangrambhumia9320]

How do they find a spot to dig a bore-well?

[@robbyfiveboy4862]

I live in the Philippines and am having a dug well installed right as I write this. Two questions: My water was found at 35 feet down. What determines how high the well will fill? What stops the well filling all the way up to the top or even overflowing?? Second question: The well was dug at the end of our dry season. Does the rainy season offer more flow to the aquifer? Can I expect an increased flow rate or higher reserve? Great video THANKS!!!

[@redbolor]

According to studies rainy season does affect your well, higher reserves and an increased flow rate, As for finding water at 35 feet the determining on how high the well will fill depends on how high your water table is to the surface. Wells don't overflow as the water table always has room, it will be higher or lower. seeing as your water table is 35 feet below surface level. these deep wells don't overflow

[@adomrichardson8524]

good video

[@jonbgreen6916]

Doug Wells is a good bloke

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Well, well, well what a well made video! Well explained, very well. *ba dum tss*

[@ConcerningReality]

🤣🤣

[@EthanDCash]

This comment made me remove my Cone of Depression

[@42jordanpinto82]

i would like to add my two wells to this but sadly they are private

[@RinRin72769]

@@42jordanpinto82 well, that sucks.

[@Monkeystronkie]

Here because i saw Mrbeast just casually drilling for a well in Africa and i wondered how you can just randomly drill for water in a dry place

[@ilovebutter-sv8rz]

pov: you're here because your science teacher decided to give you a project on water.

[@ConcerningReality]

let me know if you need help, I’m a civil engineer with a specialty in water.

[@alandtawfik1619]

You are not alone

[@xur1317]

POV: you heard of an artesian well and saw this video in the recommended section

[@gerald1495]

nah I was just randomly curious about how the hell wells work lol

[@alandtawfik1619]

@@gerald1495 lol

[@LavaKing4]

‘Well’ done

[@chtheodore]

Came for a primer on the mechanics of wells, stayed for Kerbal Space Program soundtrack

[@blazehall8086]

I’m buying land and the place I have has well water. That’s why I’m here

[@gencrypto]

I have a feeling most people searched for this video at one point rather than having it recommended to them haha

[@ConcerningReality]

Lol yeah, search is about 85K of these views.

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Which program has been Used to create this video?

[@ConcerningReality]

Premiere Pro by Adobe 🙂

[@ShelbyTheDog1000]

good

[@miguelzepeda9086]

You're god damn right I looked this up

[@user-fi7ds7my9m]

I needed to know how Issac dug all those wells in the Bible😂 God bless you❤️🙏

[@Moccalocca100]

Interesting. Didnt know there were waterbeds etc

[@julianstraughter7465]

Well DOne!

[@shabadooshabadoo4918]

So does digging for oil work the same way then?

[@mariebee3146]

Just moved into a new construction home. Ran my well for 2 days and I'm still getting sand out of my faucets. Why is that?

[@Flooofster]

This makes me wonder how massive sinkholes are formed. Could this be related? Gonna look that up next.

[@Kimberlyworks-ps2wm]

My understanding is if say a extremely big drought happens in the USA, there will be no ground water to seep down to the bottom, which will cause all the wells to dry up, right? But if we see this happening and quickly decide to fill up large containers we might end up with a sink hole. One day when my well pipe was leaking for weeks, my neighbors complained that her water pressure was low, this must means my well is dug deeper than hers or maybe the ground water was running low because of my leak, right? I look up how wells work because I had a dream all wells ran dry. Almost all my dream are of future events. With global warming this is highly possible and I hope to prepare as best as I can.

[@airassault1151]

You sound crazy all my dreams are future events head ass

[@Moccalocca100]

Lol

[@dankstabs]

idk why i'm so interested in wells right now

[@SuperTigerTV]

I don't know why you feel the need to tell us you don't know!

[@osirismercado3579]

You are high

[@MrNicoJac]

Wait, so if I'm ever lost in a hot desert and don't know which way to go, I should just start digging until I hit the ground water? 😜

[@ConcerningReality]

Well, sure, but it could be thousands of feet down 😅

[@derrickmcadoo3804]

You're not wrong. If lost in a desert, there could be lower-points you could find with signs of moisture, or small green sprigs is the best chance. Digging there is what I would do 😇

[@DOI_ARTS]

You might find oil instead water 😂😂😂

[@moisessaucedo8245]

Why’d I get the random urge to dig a well😂

[@rafasimsim]

R. I. P. California

[@breezebender]

I'm here because some Spartans just kicked an envoy of Persians into a well.

[@TheCommanderDash]

how does the screen at the bottom not clog over time?

[@DOI_ARTS]

If your screen or filter doesnt touch the ground underwater it wont really get stuck (not quickly but you still have to service it), ours is floating just above the ground so no soil or stone are really sucked in

[@kathyglass2922]

Does having too many cones of depression explain the sink holes found near the housing developments???

[@chip3797]

When they said struck water in the mrbeast youtube video I was like wait a minute, how?

[@carissaricci4752]

wait how does the water get clean in the dug wells

[@VaidasMaldzius]

ksp music kicks in

[@happy-qm8db]

Why the Well water level doesnt rise above the outside ground level ? Can anyone explain this?

[@Moccalocca100]

Good question.

[@FloridaboiJMG]

Rewatching the walking dead and Marshall farm house still had running water due to multiple wells on the property. But 5:15 shows u still need electric wiring to pump the water up. As I’m watching I notice he has lamps on in the house as well so maybe he has multiple generators. I guess my question is it possible to have running water from your well without electricity?

[@ConcerningReality]

You could have a hand pump, and a water tank on the roof, but you would have to frequently pump from the well to the tank on the roof.

[@FloridaboiJMG]

@@ConcerningReality Awesome!!

[@internalinjectiontrulyhere770]

Well Side

[@faridmostafaie9401]

I was a contractor for such projects before I moved out. Let me tell that this job is scary, I had guys that would dig such wells by hand, and the depth would reach up to 60 meters I even had a project that reached 150 meters and it was scary

[@rentisme]

Was I the only one that noticed the KSP theme in the Background?

[@blue5069]

Down the well baby Jessica fell.

[@Borkomora]

wow i haven't heard the ksp building music in so fucking long and instantly recognized it lmao

[@victoriapschen]

The random stock videos are weird. Otherwise fairly good video.

[@gabs1224]

the kids with legos really threw me off @ 6:30

[@bigsap8868]

Dont know why but I randomly just thought today, How do wells work? What if I want to dig my own private well?

[@Bourbon_Bound]

Wells can last a long time. Mine is almost 50 years old.

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اشكر ابوكم تعلمت 🤣💔'ء

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حمودكاء ١6 يب

[@geneticdisorder1900]

WTH , not one person said anything about the epic fuzzy head cover the lady at the beginning was wearing ! .

[@moistman5074]

Well Well Well

[@Cloudy-is2iy]

What kind of adhesive did people in the middle ages use to keep the stone linings together in wells?

[@Cloudy-is2iy]

@@xionmemoria I'm not talking about modern concrete, that stuff was invented after the middle ages. I'm just wondering what type was commonly used. And if it was a type of early concrete.

[@novalovan]

@@Cloudy-is2iy clay

[@SuperTigerTV]

In ancient Rome was when concrete was invented. It can set even under water!

[@coperpot100]

How smart am I? Smart enough to know I need to watch this video again.😅

[@kinyacat5919]

Well... How does it work?

[@MrGong55]

Wales

[@end8316]

I live there

[@emiliosalazar9962]

I guess they work well

[@dom7637]

Well well well

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

I don't feel paranoid at all seeing a video about water wells, something I rely on to live, coming from a channel with "concerning" in the name

[@madvidz9819]

So if you put old water that’s been contaminated back into an old well …how does that work? Anyone know? Is it filtered and cleaned someway?

[@ConcerningReality]

Wells can get contaminated, it happens quite frequently with oil drilling and chemical production.

[@dione2519]

You don't introduce contaminated water back into a well. That can seep down into the aquafer and contaminate the whole thing.

[@colpapo5905]

Got to learn something that MrBeast touch

[@Cappon.Gaming]

Why is ground water not salty? Interesting how "Dirt" filters our water.

[@SuperTigerTV]

According to somebody else commenting here -- it sometimes is!

[@benjaminenos984]

Well…well…well

[@gomathib2310]

"Well" is a form(Rain Water Harvesting Technique(Water Saving) & to Provide Drinking Water). They shouldn't be Closed.

[@TheJimCarry]

After watching Mr beast video i find myself here.

[@natalieoulman6325]

Im feeling glonky and needed to know

[@vaishnavivodnala3223]

Here cause our main water supply are from wells. Lol

[@holyyousef9793]

Here for you.

[@gregorbrohman3388]

at about the 5 min mark you made reference to well pumps, and you stated that jet pumps are the most common but they can only be used to about 20 foot of depth. I believe you are mistaking a jet pump with a "Shallow Well Pump" which is not much better than a pitcher pump when we talk about true atmospheric pumping depth. The Jet well pump comes with a down the hole spray nozzle below the water table which can be in excess of 70 feet in depth thereby forcing the water up out of the well and into a pressure reservoir. This you tube video will help in understanding(even though he miss speaks a few times; kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHqlm2eped2Soq8

[@f18forlife72]

i don’t get how the water is clean though

[@wtech758]

Who else is here after watching Mr Beast’s video ?

[@PlushiesForLife]

Well, thats a “deep” subject 😁

[@somerandumbminecraftplayer8307]

(da)well(na)well(na)well oh ou a oh aaa ooo eeeaaaaaa

[@candace27co]

What if animals and bugs fall in and die? 👀👀

[@Cleansed_All_Sin]

here because my teacher

[@Koalarix]

I'm here from Mr beasts well video

[@MichaelSmith-oc5mh]

I am

[@Pam4pma]

What is with the music. It was very distracting

[@timbango2090]

Why don't we dig wells in deserts.

[@jacobfilipiak7831]

Murakami brought me here

[@Shisenchu]

John 6:29

[@kishimi3558]

You Guys also coming from Mr Beasts Video ?

[@unlistedsans4862]

Lmao

[@ConcerningReality]

Lol crazy how the algorithm works

[@EmareeChiles]

Like Dad