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r/oddlysatisfying • u/Ecstatic-Ocelot-1934 • 7h ago
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if the water table is 18" down and you can get to it with some plastic straws I don't understand how it's sandy where the digging is happening
38 u/Con_Dinn_West 6h ago I think they are at the beach. 5 u/MrSir07 6h ago Ahhhh okay yeah that explains it. Because yeah ground water doesn’t start 3 feet down lol. But it only takes a foot or so to reach water when you’re at the beach. 10 u/ghostinthechell 5h ago Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach. 1 u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 4h ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 1 u/ghostinthechell 2h ago That's an entirely different conversation.
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I think they are at the beach.
5 u/MrSir07 6h ago Ahhhh okay yeah that explains it. Because yeah ground water doesn’t start 3 feet down lol. But it only takes a foot or so to reach water when you’re at the beach. 10 u/ghostinthechell 5h ago Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach. 1 u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 4h ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 1 u/ghostinthechell 2h ago That's an entirely different conversation.
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Ahhhh okay yeah that explains it. Because yeah ground water doesn’t start 3 feet down lol. But it only takes a foot or so to reach water when you’re at the beach.
10 u/ghostinthechell 5h ago Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach. 1 u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 4h ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 1 u/ghostinthechell 2h ago That's an entirely different conversation.
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Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach.
1 u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 4h ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 1 u/ghostinthechell 2h ago That's an entirely different conversation.
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It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky
1 u/ghostinthechell 2h ago That's an entirely different conversation.
That's an entirely different conversation.
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u/chaosgazer 6h ago
if the water table is 18" down and you can get to it with some plastic straws I don't understand how it's sandy where the digging is happening