Posted by Dick2 on February 28, 2016 at 09:07:04 from (71.209.128.145):
I grew up in flatland country with very little slope, so drainage was always an issue between neighbors if things got too wet. The county finally established an authorized "Drain Board" to work out solutions and try to tone down the emotions.
1962 was a very wet spring, everybody was trying to get their land to drain into already full drainage ditches. I had a friend that commented: "If this rain keeps up, the only thing left around here by fall will be the rocks that the farmers used to kill each other with."
When the big drains could not carry any more water, land owners would try to open up the old natural water ways that had been closed by roads sometime in the past and drainage diverted into the big drains. If someone opened up an old natural waterway that flooded a neighbor, things got hectic and then each party hired lawyers! If someone prevails hard enough, they can force opening old natural waterways that might displease a lot of land owners downstream. The system works fairly well now, but there is still room for improvement.
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