What should a shared well access easement agreement between neighbours cover in Ontario?

A shared well easement agreement should cover more ground than simply granting access to draw water. It should set out each party's specific right to access the well itself for inspection and maintenance, not just to use the water it produces. Cost-sharing is essential: who pays for routine maintenance, repairs, and eventual replacement of the well or its equipment, and in what proportion.

The agreement should also address water quality and testing responsibilities, since a shared well means both properties depend on the same source and one owner's neglect can affect the other's water supply. Equally important is planning for problems: what happens if the well fails, runs dry, or needs to be replaced entirely, including how a replacement well or connection to another source would be paid for and accessed. A good agreement also sets out a way to resolve disagreements without either party simply cutting off access unilaterally.

Finally, because this is meant to be a lasting arrangement, the agreement should be properly documented and registered on title so it binds future owners of both properties, rather than depending on a private understanding between the current neighbours that a future buyer might not honour or even know about.