What? This is an idiotic way to build a well. Why wouldn’t you get inside and dig down in there? You literally can’t get to groundwater like this, because the whole thing would fill up
Well, sort of. You want to get a good bit inside the waterbearing layer, and since that’s waterbearing, it tends to flow. And that makes the dirt on top of it collapse, which is makes even a stable slope slide down and kill you.
But it really doesn’t make sense to dig like this, because this is a LOT of digging to make what is in the end, a very narrow hole.
Normally you’d make a small hole, place a perforated tube inside, then get inside and start digging down. As you remove dirt from under the ring and inside the hole, the ring slides down, and the people on top extend it upwards. Then, ideally, you seal the bottom of the well with something like clay so your water doesn’t get too muddy, and you’re good to go!
What? This is an idiotic way to build a well. Why wouldn’t you get inside and dig down in there? You literally can’t get to groundwater like this, because the whole thing would fill up
I know very little about well-digging, but isn’t the rate of groundwater seeping in very slow?
Well, sort of. You want to get a good bit inside the waterbearing layer, and since that’s waterbearing, it tends to flow. And that makes the dirt on top of it collapse, which is makes even a stable slope slide down and kill you.
But it really doesn’t make sense to dig like this, because this is a LOT of digging to make what is in the end, a very narrow hole.
Normally you’d make a small hole, place a perforated tube inside, then get inside and start digging down. As you remove dirt from under the ring and inside the hole, the ring slides down, and the people on top extend it upwards. Then, ideally, you seal the bottom of the well with something like clay so your water doesn’t get too muddy, and you’re good to go!
Digging a tight pit is hard
Not to mention much more prone to collapse while people are digging it.
Depends on the soil.
In very sandy ground, it’s rather fast.