CyberneticPanda t1_j6gk8v9 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:02 AM

Reply to comment by r2k-in-the-vortex in Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn

There are toooooons of places where you hit bedrock before water. You can dig a well anywhere and get to water but it's not economical to do it in places that you have to drill through hundreds of feet of rock.