Water wells

thumb|A dug well in a village in Faryab Province, [[Afghanistan]] thumb|The difference between a well and a cistern is in the source of the water: a cistern collects [[rainwater whereas a well draws from groundwater.]]

artificially drilled well in a depression below the groundwater table

thumb|Channel of the Qanats of Ghasabeh in Iran's Razavi Khorasan Province, 2015.

thumb|Well pole in central Anatolia, Turkey A shadoof or shaduf, well pole, well sweep, sweep, swape, or simply a lift is a tool that is used to lift water from a well or another water source onto land or into another waterway or basin. It is highly efficient, and has been known since 3000 BCE.

thumb|Chand Baori, in the village of [[Abhaneri near Bandikui, Rajasthan is one of the deepest and largest stepwells in India]] thumb|right|The Rani ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat thumb|upright|A multi-storey stepwell in Mahimapur Village, Amravati District, Maharashtra Stepwells (also known as vav or baori) are wells, cisterns or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level. Stepwells played a significant role in defining subterranean architecture in western India from the 7th to the 19th century. Some stepwells are multi-storeyed and can be accessed by a Persian wheel which is

specific measurement of liquid pressure above a vertical datum

type of groundwater well

well where wishes are thought to be granted

A windpump is a wind-driven device which is used for pumping water. thumb|right|The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of [[Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site]] thumb|De Olifant, Burdaard|De Olifant at [[Burdaard, Friesland]] thumb|right|Tjasker in Hayward, California Windpumps were used to pump water since at least the 9th century in what is now Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. The use of windpumps became widespread across the Muslim world and later spread to China and India. Windpumps were later used extensively in Europe, particularly in the Netherlands and the East

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role of holy water in Eastern Christianity

water well

thumb|upright|Roman marble puteal with Cult of Dionysus|Bacchic procession, late 1st-century CE A puteal (Latin: from puteus ("well") – : putealia) is a classical wellhead built around a water well's access opening.

malicious manipulation of potable water resources

method of extracting a natural resource

used to evaluate an aquifer by pumping from a well

qanat in Gonabad County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site

qanat in Ferdows County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site

building in Warsaw, Poland

water well in Tarsus, Turkey

building in Lahore, India

water well built to supply drinking water to a castle

tradition practised in some parts of rural England in which wells, springs and other water sources are decorated with designs created from flower petals