There where three old "bee hive" brick cisterns on this farm when I bought it. My grand Father left them because he might want to use them sometime. I was afraid of them collapsing if they where accidentally ran over with the bigger equipment we have these days. So I filled them all in. I used a back hoe. I first pulled the top off of them and I then stuck the hoe down into the coned top. I lifted it causing it to collapse in on itself. I then filled them in with sand to about three feet from the ground lever. I then filled the rest of the way with dirt. This way two of them are farmed across and unless it is real dry you never know they are there. The other one is in the yard and you never know where it was.
So I would just remove the top and start filling it with sand. The water will absorb into the sand. So you don't have to pump it dry. Fill it up and let it settle for a few months and then back fill it completely with dirt. You could back fill it right away but it will settle so you would need more dirt to level it with. I had more sand than dirt so I waited to back fill the dirt.
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