Washington

Description

The Fish Hatchery gives their fish the spring water. It is indoors in room with blue windows and relatively dark and cool. There is also a wall across from the fish hatchery where the spring comes up also. It is behind a stone wall on the edge of the road covered by some trees in the forest. It is flowing straight out of the ground and is about 2-3 feet in width and depth.

Nearest Address

Fish Hatchery Rd.

Directions from Nearest Address

N/A

Vital Information

Hours Spring is Open:

Fish Hatchery Spring is open as along as the fish hatchery is (not for sure opening and closing time), wall spring is open all the time.

GPS: N/A

Map Link: Wall Spring/Fish Hatchery Spring Map

Submitted by: Ryan Kerrick

Photo

Description

Spring flows freely from a pipe set-up in the middle of a city parking lot. Seems grim but it’s actually kind of cool. Check out the photos.

The person who took us says the water from this spot was tested and found to be one million years old. Wow. It tastes minerally to me, and was sooo good. Here is an excerpt from the Olympia wikipedia entry: The Jefferson Street Well: The current publicly accessible well, on the corner of Jefferson and State streets, is made available due to an agreement made the Thurston County PUD, the City of Olympia, and the property owner, Diamond Parking. This agreement states that the PUD will test the well to make sure that it meets drinking water guidelines. The City of Olympia pays for the testing. This agreement is considered a temporary solution to the access issue as the property is for sale.[3] Prior to current testing agreement, the testing was paid for by Friends of Artesians. Friends of Artesians also sought a permanent solution to the well issue, but was unable to achieve that goal. They disbanded and wrote an open letter to the City Council and the Mayor which was published in a local newspaper WORKS IN PROGRESS. [4] Friends of Artesians had also been providing the testing for the well in terms of human consumption. Their disbanding left the testing issue unresolved, which meant that public access might be denied. [5] A group of citizens formted a group called “It’s Still the Water” and advocated for public access during the process that resulted in current agreement. [6] Members of “It’s Still The Water” realized that they needed to form as a non-profit organization for the long-term goal of a permanent solution to the artesian well access. This group is now called H2Olympia: Artesian Well Advocates. [7]

Additional info: http://www.h2olympia.org/

Nearest Address

Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street, in the parking lot of The Manium at 421 4th Street.

Directions from Nearest Address

N/A

Vital Information

Hours Spring is Open:

24/7/365

GPS: N/A

Map Link: The Jefferson Street Well Map

Submitted by: Elarael Burdette

Description:

Has a spout, shelter and parking for 5-6 cars. 2 spouts, five gallons per from each.

Nearest Address

164th Street, Lynnwood, WA

Directions from Nearest Address

Off I-5 exit 183, go right on 164th 3-4/10 of a mile to the bottom of the hill and you will see cars on the north side. Quite a popular place; busy even late at night. One can go there 24/7 and get free water. There are two “fill up areas” and each spills out five gallons per minute.

It is on 164th St SW, roughly half way between 22nd Ave. W and 25 Ave. W on the N. side of street. So, it is a left turn (west) from I-5 if you are coming from Seattle.

Vital Information

Hours Spring is Open:

Always

GPS:

47.850159, -122.265591

Map Link: Lynnwood Artesian Well

Submitted by: Amith Seshagiri, Jim Casale, Damien Abel