“Artesian wells” and a tribute to Larry and Lynne Stewart
This is a tribute that I wrote to honor Larry and Lynne Stewart.
In a couple of minutes, you will learn about them and why I wish for you to join me in giving them honor.
First, however, we need to talk about artesian wells.
Sometimes water collects far below the ground in a space that it cannot escape. Pressure builds until the water shoots up and out of the ground through a weak place in the earth (“natural spring”) or a well that people dig or drill (“artesian well”).
My hometown got all of its water–enough to keep 20,000 people alive and working every day–from an artesian well.
I remember the surprise I felt when I learned this fact in my junior high science class. Up until then, I didn’t think about the source of the water that came out of my faucet. I and 20,000 other people were alive and well because someone we didn’t know drilled a well to bring us water from a source...