Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

sharrrper t1_j6gqx1y wrote

Reply to comment by thecaledonianrose 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

I said hard, not impossible. I have no doubt there are individual places that have had difficulty getting a well going. That doesn't change the fact that most of the time you can drill wherever and likely hit something. Historically speaking especially.

2

thecaledonianrose t1_j6jkrk9 wrote

Mm, true. And it isn't as if you limited it to 'potable water,' strictly speaking.

1