Dug well definition
Dug well means large diameter (24 to 60-inch) well generally of low yield which is usually excavated by hand and which penetrates only a few feet below the water table.
Dug well means a well in which the excavation is made by the use of digging equipment such as backhoes, clam shell buckets, or sand buckets. (See Hand dug well)
Dug well means a well that is excavated by means of picks, shovels, or other hand tools, or by means of a power shovel or other dredging or trenching machinery, as distinguished from a bored, drilled, driven, or jetted well.
More Definitions of Dug well
Dug well means a well consisting of a large diameter hole, deeper than it is wide, constructed into the ground, usually by hand, but if by mechanical means, by methods other than dril- ling, jetting or boring; and within which the side walls are sup- ported by a curbing.
Dug well means a well excavated into a shallow aquifer;
Dug well means a well that is constructed by the use of picks, shovels, or an excavator.
Dug well means a water extraction facility excavated with hand tools;
Dug well means a water table well that is excavated by means of picks, shovels, or similar hand- tools.
Dug well means any well made using only hand tools.
Dug well means a shallow well that is generally 2-4 feet in diameter and constructed of dry-stacked stone, brick, masonry block, or concrete rings.