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| Jul 10, 2014 at 16:54 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | If so, used a sealed vault (one that has a concrete floor, and concrete manhole covers for access, thus providing no access for animals, etc - and place it 10-20 feet sideways from the well-head.) Always be careful to ventilate any such sealed or semi-sealed underground structure throughly before entering it and while working in it. | |
| Jul 10, 2014 at 15:58 | comment | added | gregmac | In many areas, using concrete tiles to construct a well pit as you described is no longer allowed: they are a common source of ground water contamination from run-off, animals dying and decomposing in the pits, etc (which contaminates the aquifer and surrounding wells, not just your well). | |
| Jul 10, 2014 at 14:22 | history | answered | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |