Artesian Well 2 : General. A well bored down to a water hearing stratum between impermeable strata from a surface lower than the source of water supply so that the water pressure is great enough to force the water out to the surface
H. J. Porter (Chairman - Technical Committee), Dictionary of Fire Technology, The Institution of Fire Engineers, The Victory Press (Leicester) Ltd. 1979 UK. (Fr Tech - Brit) {81}