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Drainage tile permit hearing continued after neighbors raise downstream and ditch-maintenance concerns
Summary
An applicant asked to install 4- and 6-inch tile lines to drain low-lying farmland into a roadside ditch; neighbors expressed fears the outlet could pond or increase flows onto their fields and asked who will maintain culverts and ditches. The board voted to continue the hearing to January to allow coordination and highway-superintendent review.
An applicant identified only as Dan told the board he seeks a drainage permit to install 4- and 6-inch tile lines that will outlet into a road ditch on the Northeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 94 North, Range 57 West of the 5th PM in Yankton County (SEG 128-132, 150-156). Dan said a wetland determination prevents draining wetlands and that the project is intended to dry low-lying areas so they can be productive and reduce short-term erosion: "the whole idea behind the tiling is, what it does is those low lying areas, it takes the water out of them so that there is no water in them" (SEG…
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