driven well
- noun
- Specialized
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pozo impulsado
- The ability to draw comparisons between contaminant levels in bored and driven wells is severely limited due to differences in the variables that could potentially impact water quality.
- bored or driven well
Examples
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A driven well can provide a reliable source of water for irrigation during dry seasons.
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Additional studies could also clarify any differences in performance and vulnerability between bored and driven wells.
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Driven wells are constructed of a series of connected small-diameter pipes fitted with a point on the end.
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In shallow aquifer areas where options for a deep well are limited, bored and driven wells are commonly used for domestic water supplies.
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One driven well sampled in 2003 had 4.0 parts per million (ppm) simazine.
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The median concentrations of parameters from the two drilled wells and four surface water samples fell within the range of the observed values in the bored and driven wells.
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The population of bored wells included in this study was statistically further from roads, closer to fields, deeper than the driven wells, and closer to the perimeter of the aquifer.
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Variance policies for the three boards of health allowing the development of bored or driven wells call for doubling the required minimum of 50 feet of isolation from sources of contamination when possible.
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Driven wells are often preferred in areas where the groundwater is shallow and easily accessed.
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Many homeowners choose driven wells because they are less expensive to install than deep drilled wells.
Synonyms
A deep hole with a long metal pipe that brings water up from underground
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'driven' (past participle of 'drive' in the sense of forcing or inserting a pipe/tube into the ground) + 'well' (a water shaft). A learner who knows these constituent senses can infer that a 'driven well' is a well installed by driving a pipe into the ground, so the meaning is semantically transparent even if the installation sense of 'drive' is somewhat technical.
Etymology
Driven well comes from the simple act of 'driving' a metal pipe into the ground until it reaches 'water'. Workers would push and hammer the pipe down so the pipe itself becomes the well, and the word driven shows how the pipe was forced into the ground. That's why driven well means a well made by pushing or hammering a pipe into the ground to get 'water'.