Artesian Wells
Our Foxton contemporary says : — More eftorts should be made to secure artesian water supply. Geologists seem always at fault, probably owing to the peculiar lay of the strata, from the effects of earthquakes. On the West coast we have been assured that it wa9 ridiculous to expect to get a flow of water by sinking, yet Mr George Richardson has got a grand supply that way, a pipe having been driven down, and now all he has to do is simply to turn a tap on when he wants water. In Kairanga we believe that it has been found successful, likewise in Campbelltown, and Ustly we learn that the gear Company, being defeated in getting a supply from the Korokoro stream had pipes driven to test the ground for an artesian supply. The result was very satisfactory, and thej' have now four wells, each giving a splendid supply amounting to 70,000 gallons per day sufficient for all their present requirements. Two of these wells run into a concrete tank, holding 10,000 gallons, which supplies the whole of the fellmongery. With such a wide range of country as this, it would be justifiable to make an attempt in this district.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 82, 15 January 1889, Page 3
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