If necessary, build soil up around the well so that all surface water drains away from it. Avoid areas that are prone to flooding. Make the well accessible for pump repair, cleaning, testing and inspection. Hire a competent, licensed well driller and pump installer. Make sure the driller Disinfects the well with chlorine after construction and provides you with detailed information about the well's depth and construction.
Many farms have unused wells.
Old homesites or shallow wells once pumped by wind mills are common. No one knows how many of these wells are in Indiana, although estimates range in the tens of thousands. Pipes sticking out of the ground around the farmstead, an area where a farmstead used to be or under an old windmill are the obvious places for finding abandoned wells. You may not know the history of your property, and abandoned well locations may not be obvious. A depression in the ground may indicate an old well.