We are buying property with a shared well having an agreement filed in 1995 granting both parties equal rights to water and a...
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If all is as you say, then the party withholding the water is clearly in the wrong.
You should start out by calling the county sheriff. Tell the sheriff you are going to be at the well site - with the agreement in hand, and with whatever plumber or whoever is going to actually turn on the water to the property - at x time, and will a deputy please join you there at that time in order to prevent the wrongdoing landowners from denying your clear property rights.
The sheriff may tell you that it needs to be settled in court first. In that case, you'll need to meet with a local attorney. The first step would be to write a letter to (or call) the offenders, threatening to sue if they don't change their tune. If that doesn't produce results, you are going to have to sue for a declaratory judgment determining your rights under the contract, and a permanent restraining order against their denying the water rights.
Good luck.