Groundwater: What is Groundwater?

Daughter of a miner getting water at the well which is the only source of approved drinking water in the camp; a spring at the other end of the camp has been condemned by the public health officer but there is no sign on it indicating pollution and some families continue to use the water for drinking and cooking because it is nearer their houses. Fox Ridge Mining Company, Inc., Hanby Mine, Arjay, Bell County, Kentucky.