Question

What is a hole that is dug or drilled through the ground down to an aquifer called?

Answer 1

well

Most groundwater does not flow out of an aquifer as a spring or geyser. So to use the water that's stored in an aquifer, people must go after it. How? They dig a well. A well   Figure below   is a hole that is dug or drilled through the ground down to an aquifer.