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About 4,700 residents of Wayne County rely on private domestic water supplies: 2,600 use wells and 2,100 use other sources. In the eastern half of Wayne County, most of the wells drilled in the valley bottoms are adequate for a domestic supply, but less than half the wells drilled on hillsides and hilltops are adequate for domestic needs. In the western half of the county, about three-quarters of the drilled wells in the uplands yield enough water for domestic use. In low-lying areas, very few wells yield enough water for a domestic supply, except for some wells close to Lake Cumberland, especially those that penetrate solution openings in the limestone bedrock. |
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