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Owner says abandoned drain tile floods rental basements; commission offers to facilitate further review
Summary
A local business owner reported continuous basement flooding tied to an abandoned storm drain tile and asked the county for help identifying the water source. Commissioners said the matter falls largely under floodplain rules and offered to facilitate meetings with relevant parties and state agencies.
Chad Matheny, a county resident and local business owner, told the Monongalia County Commission on May 28 that two of his rental properties have been repeatedly flooded for more than two years by water entering from an old, silted storm drain tile on his property.
“I have a 3 inch trash pump that pumps over 200 gallons a minute. It pumped for approximately 6 hours till it got caught up with the incoming water,” Matheny said during public comment, describing continuous pumping to keep basements clear. “So based on that, I feel there's approximately 200 gallon per minute of water coming out of this old drain tile.”
Matheny said the pipe appears to be about 20 inches in diameter and that he documented inflow from both sides of the tile. He told…
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