On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:40:45 -0500, HomerS wrote:

On 28 May 2007 16:30:41 -0700, car crash wrote:

I have my home near a new subdivision that is being installed. I am
on well water and have a septic system. A company is planning on
drilling holes for groundwater in the area and obviously digging the
ground up for foundations for all the new homes. Can someone please
tell me if all this digging and drilling can have an adverse affect on
my well which is about 200 feet from all the digging that is going to
take place.

If so, what can happen to my water from others digging and drilling so
close?

Is there anything I can do to stop it or protect myself from the big
companies that dig nearby?

In my state, we have a 'Rule of Capture'.

That means I have the right to shoot a deer that comes from your
place to mine.

It also means that I can drill an oil or water or gas well on my
place even if all the stuff I produce from that well is drained from
your property.

What I cannot do is pour arsenic down my well where it pollutes yours.

I must say that there are now some water districts being formed that
tend to restrict my right to capture the water so what was isn't
necessarily what will be.

Just guessing, but this sounds like the kind of thing that would vary
from state to state, like range laws.