shallow well

1. A water well, generally dug up by hand or by excavating machinery, or put down by driving or boring, that taps the shallowest aquifer in the vicinity. 2. A well whose water level is shallow enough to permit use of a suction pump, the practical lift of which is taken as 22 feet (6.7 meters).

Related terms:

• shallow fog
• shallow inland seas
• shallow water
• shallow-water wave
• shallow marginal seas
• shallow-focus earthquake