: a hole bored or drilled in the earth: such as
a
: an exploratory well
b
chiefly British
: a small-diameter well drilled especially to obtain water
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While the application calls this storage, the deep borehole method is typically considered as a permanent disposal option.
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Mark Dee
april 13, Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
With funding from the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, the Djibouti government spent $150,000 digging a borehole to access underground water and another $100,000 fitting it with a solar pump that would fill a series of large concrete water tanks.
—Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
Completely fossil-fuel-free, Kilchoan is the number one customer of Knoydart Renewables, and has built a new water borehole and provided equipment and modern sewage-treatment plants for the area.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Deep Isolation’s analysis confirmed that nuclear waste streams partitioned through the Argonne-baseline electrorefining process are compatible with deep borehole disposal.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
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Mark Dee
april 13, Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
With funding from the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, the Djibouti government spent $150,000 digging a borehole to access underground water and another $100,000 fitting it with a solar pump that would fill a series of large concrete water tanks.
—Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
Completely fossil-fuel-free, Kilchoan is the number one customer of Knoydart Renewables, and has built a new water borehole and provided equipment and modern sewage-treatment plants for the area.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Deep Isolation’s analysis confirmed that nuclear waste streams partitioned through the Argonne-baseline electrorefining process are compatible with deep borehole disposal.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borehole. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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