You make a good point liquidsquid, and I tend to agree with you. In this photo, you can see a little building right behind my son..... that's the pumphouse that sits beside our HBG pond. As the photo shows, the well is no more than 15' from the water's edge. It's a good well, it has power run to it, all it needs is a few feet of hose and I could possibly offset any further water loss, which is becoming a pretty serious issue right now.
Trouble is, I just can't bring myself to do it. In these parched times, I would feel terrible if my neighbors wells ran dry because of something I did. And I agree....if my livelihood depended on it, that might sway my way of thinking.
Right now, I'll just have to keep praying for rain.
