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Another advantage to open wells is that they allow for more than one person at once to retrieve water (as opposed to a handpump where only one person at a time can fill a bucket). This make queuing time less of a problem.
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Another advantage to open wells is that they allow for more than one person at once to retrieve water (as opposed to a handpump where only one person at a time can fill a bucket). This make queuing time less of a problem.