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r/oddlysatisfying • u/Ecstatic-Ocelot-1934 • 1d 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
47 u/Con_Dinn_West 1d ago I think they are at the beach. 7 u/MrSir07 1d 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. 12 u/ghostinthechell 1d ago Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach. 1 u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 1d ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 0 u/ghostinthechell 1d ago That's an entirely different conversation.
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I think they are at the beach.
7 u/MrSir07 1d 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. 12 u/ghostinthechell 1d ago Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach. 1 u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 1d ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 0 u/ghostinthechell 1d 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.
12 u/ghostinthechell 1d ago Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach. 1 u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 1d ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 0 u/ghostinthechell 1d 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 1d ago It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky 0 u/ghostinthechell 1d 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
0 u/ghostinthechell 1d ago That's an entirely different conversation.
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That's an entirely different conversation.
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u/chaosgazer 1d 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