This depends entirely on where you live. Sure in the Southwest, there's a big problem with drought. But along the Gulf Coast, the water table is astonishingly c

This depends entirely on where you live. Sure in the Southwest, there's a big problem with drought. But along the Gulf Coast, the water table is astonishingly close to the surface. When my family put in an in-ground pool in Louisiana, they had to start filling the concrete pool with water even before finishing it because if they left it empty, the surrounding water table would push it up out of the ground like a floating boat.