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Residents tell Delaware County drainage board pond work left yards flooded; board says private tile limits its authority
Summary
At the April meeting, residents described standing water and property damage they say began after a nearby pond and an 18-inch tile were cut; the county surveyor said the tile appears private and the drainage board's authority is limited, and the board committed to investigate and coordinate with the highway and sanitary authorities.
At the April meeting of the Delaware County Drainage Board, residents told board members that recent pond construction and a cut tile on 900 West have left yards persistently flooded.
"I had water standing last September, when we hadn't had rain in 4 weeks," said Chandler Hale, who identified himself as living at 4091 South 900 West. Hale told the board someone cut an 18-inch field tile, patched around a newly dug pond with a smaller tile and poured a concrete elbow under the road that he says now redirects water onto his property.
County Surveyor (Surveyor) told the board the tile Hale found "is just an…
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