A shallow well made by hammering a small-diameter pipe with a screen point into soft, water-bearing soil.
Driven wells (sometimes called sand-point wells) use a hardened drive point and a perforated screen pounded into shallow saturated sediments — typically 25 feet or less. They are cheap and quick but only work in soft alluvium with a high water table. They cannot reach deep aquifers, cannot pass through rock, and are rarely a practical choice in Utah outside of a few river-bottom areas.