Artesian wells are named after the town of Artois in France, where the first one was drilled by Carthusian monks in 1126. [1] (http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/artesian.html) (see also Note 1: )
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Note 1: Frances and Joseph Gies, Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel subtitled "Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages". Harper Perennial, 1995 ISBN 0060165901, page 112.
The piezometric surface, or pressure-indicating surface, of an artesianaquifer is an imaginary surface that everywhere coincides with the static level, or head, of the water in the aquifer.
Precipitation that falls in the discharge area of an artesian basin has no effect upon the ground-water level, or pressure head, for in such areas the artesian water is effectively sealed from the surface by impervious beds or else the artesian pressure could not be maintained.
As the total annual discharge of artesian water is estimated to be 10,000 acre-feet, and if the recharge is assumed to be equal to the discharge, this indicates that an average recharge of about 0.27 inches may reach the water table in the areas described.
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