On Feb 26, 1:03*pm, "Roger Shoaf" wrote:
Why not assume that the capital costs heretofore have been paid equitably
between both properties,

Well, for one thing, there is nothing to suggest who paid for what.




and then enter into an agreement that each one of
you will pay a fund to maintain the system. The fund would be in joint
ownership and run with each one of your lots,

Once a pre-determined maintenance reserve fund is established, the funds
would sit and draw interest. *In the event of a failure, the fund would have
sufficient reserve to pay for parts and labor to replace.

As far as electric costs, a Hobbs meter can be installed to see how many
hours a month the pump runs. *The electric cost can be derived by
multiplying the hours times the rate of consumption, and then by the
electric rate. *The neighbor would be responsible for half.

This would be a good deal for both of you.

That's very debateable. If you had the opportunity to share your
well with a neighbor under these conditions, would you?


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Roger Shoaf
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I share a well with my neighbor. *For both of us, the well and pump
were supplied by the developer who old us the land on which we built
last year. *Both houses use the well and pump, but only one house
supplies the electricity--and that's our house! *We agreed that we
would pay for the electricity along with the rest of our electricity,
but our neighbor should pay us half the cost of the electricity
required to run the pump. *Problem is, I don't know how to charge for
that. *I don't even know how much electricity the pump uses. *It's on
a circuit connected to our house's electrical service--there's no
separate meter. *What would be a fair amount to charge?

In case it helps, both families have two adults and two children with
typical water usage--no hot tubs, swimming pools, etc.

Here's another thing I'm wondering about... *Ours was the first house
built, and ours was the first plumbing connected to the pump, so I'm
wondering if we paid for some initial set-up that our neighbors didn't
have to pay for. *For example, besides the electricity each month,
wouldn't there be a cost to initially run the circuit out to the
pump? *What other initial costs might there be that should be shared
with the neighbor?

Finally, when our house was built, we installed a pressure tank. *The
purpose of the pressure tank is to improve the overall pressure of the
plumbing in the house and to provide a sort of pressure reserve so
that the pump doesn't have to turn on so frequently. *I'm not sure the
cost of this tank and it's related controls, but I know it was over
$1,000. *I also know that our neighbor did *NOT* install one of
these. *My question is this... *Is our neighbor benefiting from our
pressure tank? *Besides lessening wear and tire on the pump, is it
also improving the pressure for our neighbor's house, too? *(The tank
is located in our house's mechanical room.) *Is this something that
our neighbor should be compensating us for?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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