ButterMyBean t1_j6dyf9a wrote
There is water somewhere beneath your feet no matter where on Earth you live. Groundwater starts as precipitation, just as surface water does, and once water penetrates the ground, it continues moving, sometimes quickly and sometimes very slowly.
I'm not sure about the other questions tho. But when my parents were building their house they hired a "water witch" and she did the dowsing and found a spring where they put their well house.
I know that water dowsing is controversial but that's just my experience.
Way2Foxy t1_j6e00rn wrote
> water dowsing is controversial
Weird how people say "controversial" when pretending like witchcraft is real in any other situation is immediately laughable.
When dowsers are successful, it's because they take cues from the landscape. Not a funny twig and some magic.
scratch_post t1_j6f43un wrote
Yup, the two sticks are just a distraction, a slight of hand to make you wonder what magic they're using and thus don't have to share the knowledge.
imgroxx t1_j6fkuhg wrote
AKA job stability
wildsky t1_j6fdwa3 wrote
Water witching is utter bunk.
r2k-in-the-vortex t1_j6dzts0 wrote
There is no real controversy to it, it's hogwash. Its walking around with a stick and pointing at a random point on property. It doesn't matter which part of your property you dig, there is or there isn't groundwater to be had, 100m here or there makes no difference. There usually is though, so seemingly the water witch is almost always validated. Nobody digs at all the other places the witch doesn't point to in order to check if maybe those have water at the same depth too.
Radzila t1_j6e7ms4 wrote
I like how you said it was just your experience but everyone is taking it like you are saying that's the only way to go.
imgroxx t1_j6eh82k wrote
No, they're saying dowsing is a myth, meaning even a single claimed experience is incorrect, and it's in fact something else. Like prior experience in an area (aquifers are rather large, so knowledge works for quite a distance), or knowing common geological patterns.
Additional-Rhubarb-8 t1_j6f0ksp wrote
Every experienced driller I've met (many dozens) uses dowsing rods. They use it on conjuction with other tricks of the trade but it used.
Tashus t1_j6jfmcm wrote
Most people I know say "bless you" after someone sneezes. Do you think that keeps the sneezing person healthy?
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