§ 306 Well Nuisance Responsibility

• •If you own, rent, or live on land with a well that is a public nuisance, you can get in trouble.
• •You can be charged with a misdemeanor if you cause, allow, or ignore the nuisance.
• •A public nuisance means the well is harmful or dangerous to others.

You own a piece of land with an old, broken well that has dirty water and mosquitoes breeding in it.

If you know about the well but do nothing to fix it, you can be charged with a misdemeanor because it's harmful to others.