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momoese · 07-02-2009, 04:32 PM

Anyone here know anything about aquifers and well water? My mother who lives in Norco CA which is basically the desert has a water well that's being repaired and the repair man told her the level was very high. She hasn't used it for years due to the pump going south and even when she did it was just for watering the yard and horses. I'm curious as to where this water comes from. Are the underground aquifers connected, are they smaller individual areas of water that collect rain, or is it from snow melt that has traveled quite a ways underground? We haven't had much rain so I'm wondering where the heck this water comes from! I tried searching google for some aquifer maps but didn't find anything.

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