No, I have a spring behind my 150 year old building. the spring is tapped and a pipe runs into the basement into a big hand stone tank. I only pump up from this tank. There used to be a overflow pipe that ran out the front of my building. People came 30 miles to get the water in jugs. My landlord closed the pipe to cut down parking in front.
Also the liability of people falling outside in the mud in winter. The overflow then runs under the road to the creek. I was going to buy the building but the original blue slate roof needs
replacing for about 60 thousansd.