When any real estate owner or tenant who depends or may depend upon an artesian well for his or her home water supply discovers that the artesian well water pressure has become inadequate to accommodate the existing plumbing facilities of his or her home and the owner or tenant knows or has reason to believe that there is an abandoned, unused artesian well within one (1) mile, by the most direct route, of the home, the homeowner or tenant shall notify the county judge of his or her county of the lowered water pressure and petition the county judge to take appropriate action as provided by this subchapter.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development
Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally
Subchapter 4 - Abandoned or Unused Artesian Wells
§ 15-22-402. Notice to judge of nearby abandoned or unused well by person with inadequate well
§ 15-22-403. Notice to owners of land containing abandoned or unused well
§ 15-22-404. Sealing of well by judge upon failure of landowner
§ 15-22-405. Filing of expense statement by judge
§ 15-22-406. Expense statements recorded as part of landowner's deed
§ 15-22-407. Prohibition on recording deed before payment of expenses