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tube well

tube well

4.8
A deep hole with a long metal pipe that brings water up from underground
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : pozo tubular
  • Many farmers in the region rely on a tube well to provide water for their crops.

Examples

  • The other two parts consisted of heavy doses of fertilizer and an assured supply of water through the expansion of irrigation networks and tube wells.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Consequently, the discharge of the tube wells is being reduced at a much faster rate, resulting in higher costs of pumping and drying up of the boreholes.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Approximately 33% of the households have their own tube well.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Here an example of tube wells on Pakistan on the left and Bangladesh on the right.

  • So just taking you through tube wells, arsenic poisoning, what's the next intervention?

  • During the visit, the team found that many of the water tube wells were out of order and that the inmates of the camps were bringing water from far-off places.

    Academic text (1997)
  • But drainage canals, tube wells, pumps, generators, or electric transmission lines, and sprayers are expensive investments beyond the means of small farmers.

    Academic text (2000)
  • At the same time, construction of new and replacement old deep tube wells will not produce designed discharge, as the groundwater reservoir of both the primary and secondary aquifers has nearly been exhausted.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The local community built a new tube well to ensure access to clean drinking water.

  • A technician was called to inspect the tube well after residents reported low water pressure.

Synonyms

driven well
vstube well
  • Specialized
8.4

A hole made by driving a pipe into the ground to reach water

means the same but is an alternate label for the same construction

Surface Forms

tube well singular
tube wells plural

Morphology

tube + well

The compound is directly compositional: 'tube' (a hollow cylinder) + 'well' (a water shaft) yields a well constructed from a tube to reach groundwater. A B1 learner who knows both constituent words can reasonably infer this technical agricultural/engineering sense from the parts, so the meaning is transparent.

Etymology

Tube well comes from a simple image: a long metal tube or pipe is pushed into the ground like a straw to reach water and form a well. That's why tube well means a well made with a pipe to get 'groundwater' for drinking or farming.