Question

How can we extract the water which is trapped in aquifers?

• A. Using tube wells and hand pumps
• B. Using buckets
• C. It comes to the surface naturally forming a pool
• D. By evaporating

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Using tube wells and hand pumps

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well. ​The water trapped in aquifers is commonly and most economically extracted using tube wells and hand pumps. For doing this, a hole has to be dug through the earth which reaches the aquifers.