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Olympia Brewery, Olympia, Washington (see Olympia Brewing Company#Use of artesian water) Polk Theater well, Lakeland, Florida; possibly used in the loop of the first air conditioning system in America; Pryor Avenue Iron Well, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Southwestern Lunatic Asylum–Hot Wells, San Antonio, Texas; Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Florida
The Town of Norwood is located 13 miles southwest of Boston, placing it in the Boston Metropolitan Area. [5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.6 square miles (27.3 km 2), of which 10.5 square mile (27.1 km 2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km 2) (0.66%) is water.
The company denied the allegations, and said the presence of methane was a result of naturally occurring migration, and had shown up in nearby water wells long before it drilled its gas wells. The EPA said that natural gas drilling by the company has contributed to the contamination of at least 2 residential drinking water wells in the county ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 21.2 square miles (55 km 2), of which 20.9 square miles (54 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2), or 1.37%, is water. Some 30% to 38% of the town is wetlands.
Waltham, 1793 Map of Waltham, 1877 The name of the city is pronounced with the primary stress on the first syllable and a full vowel in the second syllable, / ˈ w ɔː l θ æ m / WAWL -tham , though the name of the Waltham watch was pronounced with a reduced schwa in the second syllable: / ˈ w ɔː l θ əm / . [ 48 ]
Well Number 5, also called 164th Street Artesian Well, is an artesian well in North Lynnwood, Washington at Swamp Creek. The well puts out between 10–50 US gallons (38–189 L; 8.3–41.6 imp gal) per minute. [a] It is one of ten artesian wells that originally supplied the Alderwood area in the 1950s. [4]
The quality of the well water can be significantly increased by lining the well, sealing the well head, fitting a self-priming hand pump, constructing an apron, ensuring the area is kept clean and free from stagnant water and animals, moving sources of contamination (pit latrines, garbage pits, on-site sewer systems) and carrying out hygiene ...
The Pryor Avenue Iron Well, or Iron Well, is an early artesian water well located in the Bay View Historic District of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built in 1882 and named for its high iron content. Originally water naturally flowed from the pressurized aquifer below. The original hand pump is now replaced with an electric pump.