Do you know what a WELL is?

I see someone already explained about cisterns to you so I won't bother. I was born and raised on a working farm in the middle of the US. We lived well outside of the nearest city, so had to have our own well drilled for fresh water. We also had ponds built on our farm to catch rainwater for the animals we raised to drink. (One of the ponds was an artesian well. The pond went deep enough that it broached the water table so rain wasn't needed to keep that pond filled.) Another part of our farm had a stream running through it. There was a cave in a hillside that let water come out and ran off down our land and many farms used that stream to water their livestock. We really never needed to "store" water for agricultural purposes. We had more than enough for anything we wanted.

In the US, that would be called a cistern. For collecting and storing water. A well here is when pipe is drilled into the earth until you reach water. A pump then brings it to the surface. Forgive me if this is dumb but are fish placed in them intentionally?

I know smaller wells. The first one I saw was one in which you threw a bucket to gather the water. Later on, I saw wells with pumps.

I know wells, we call it "brønn" in Norwegian. If it's a cistern, the Norwegian word is cisterne. So it seems we've used wells far longer than cisterns, since we just borrowed a word fairly recenty there. Farmers here don't use cisterns or other ways to store water a lot, water is normally no problem. If it's a problem, it used to be that it was too much of it. Wells would have been used for drinking water in many places, 'cause the water is filtered through many layers of rock so it's cleaner than drinking from rivers and fjords. Fjords can also be too salty.

We still have lots of them in the village. I remember when we were kids we used to pull out water ourself from it and carry it to home for the use.

In our part of the country we have driven wells and dug wells, water is pure and people use to place fish in it to make even purer.

I know well, what a well is...lol. Inf act I have one, a deep well...which gives me excellent water.

We have one too. No...fishes and crabs in it. Don't know if there are snakes. They don't say hello to me.

We have a well but no fishes and crabs in it.

I know what a well is .. still this method is used in our grandparents place and in the farms ofcourse.. Fishes and crabs are raised in wells which are meant for farms / farming..not in the wells which are meant for drinking water..I mean domestic purpose...

We call it ‘balon’ here although ours look cruder and more ancient than your grandpa’s. I remember a little boy fell in the the village well while fetching water. Luckily neighbors could get him out in time.

Well, you explained it very well. Well done!

i have seen the well and i know what it is. there are wells in villages in my country.

I don't remember seeing one in person but I have seen them in movies

I know what a well is. Many old wells still exist in my country, but they aren't used anymore. Now the owners usually have to remove old wells that are no longer used.

Wells are pretty rare now. Most water system to the houses are provided from the pipeline. Back in the days, wells were pretty common. Even my house had one before. For agricultural, we have drains.

In my country, making a well is for rural use, but in some houses they are currently doing it to help with the expenses of the clean water service. A deep hole is dug 7 or 9 meters deep. Until a stream of water is obtained and a hydraulic pump is drilled and placed to bring water up to the surface.

India is full of wells. But hand pumps have replaced a great many wells.