A man-made hole drilled below the water table to obtain groundwater from an aquifer is called a?

• A. Well
• B. Borehole
• C. Spring
• D. Creek

Answer: (A)

Accessing groundwater from an aquifer involves reaching the saturated part of the subsurface below the water table. A man-made hole drilled into this zone to obtain groundwater is called a well. A borehole is any drilled hole and doesn’t automatically mean water will be collected; a spring is groundwater that naturally emerges at the surface, and a creek is a surface water feature. So when the goal is to extract groundwater by drilling below the water table, the structure is a well.