 The Yavapai people consider the Well a deeply sacred site, as they believe it is the place through which they emerged into the world.The high concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide gas in the water of the Well (which amounts to more than 80 times the typical freshwater concentration), and to a lesser extent its alkalinity, has prevented the development of any kind of fish population, so the Well remains a fishless spring.However, other types of aquatic life have managed to adapt