Abandoned Wells Do you have an old well lurking in your yard

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Abandoned WellsDo you have an old well lurking
in your yard?
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Problems

• Contamination can directly contaminate
  groundwater
• Buried wells may collapse

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Abandoned Wells

• Pipes in yard or basement
• Concrete slab or manhole cover
• Stone or brick rings
• Windmills or handpumps
• City water installed

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Abandoned Wells

• Well records
• Neighbors or previous owners
• Metal detector
• Old photographs

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Properly plugging wells

• Specialized product (bentonite or neat cement)
• Well driller

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For more information

• Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program, State
  of Michigan www.michigan.gov/mda
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
  www.michigan.gov/deq