The oil industry wants to sink wells in these waters.

Our water derives from four wells sunk deep into the earth.

None of 52 wells sunk since the mid-1970's has found sufficient oil and gas to merit production.

The land was transformed by hundreds of small wells sunk to extract the precious liquid.

Other people have had to hand-pump water of dubious quality from shallow wells sunk near the river bank since the war began.

The government allocated funds to buy drills and sink artesian wells.

Pumping stations were erected and deep bore wells sunk at intervals.

The spoonheads sank wells there and drew off the water table, made all the farms in the surroundings fail.

We sink wells which, once exploited, go dry.

There's water,' the official went on; 'a French company sank artesian wells.