My question involves an easement in the state of: Virginia
My property was subdivided from another property in 1992. An existing water well (40 feet deep) serving the other property is on my property and an easement was created to allow the adjoining property owner to maintain their well. A separate well (40 feet deep) was bored approximately 50 feet from the existing well, and the newer well serves my property.
The adjoining property owner has since had an Artesian well installed at approximately 480 feet deep. The "existing" well is now used only to water his property and drain down the aquifer that serves both bored wells. The neighbor has a chip on his shoulder about the previous owner subdividing and building my house. There is no reasoning with the guy.
Now, the existing well to which the other property owner has an easement has started leaking. It leaks enough that the ground is saturated above his water line to the point that there is standing water even though there has been no rain in weeks. This leak on his water line has drained the shared aquifer to the point that my well only yields about 50 gallons of water per day. I have a family of 7.
Do I have any recourse?

