County Accelerates Drain System Reconstruction Program: Use of HDPE Pipe Meeting AASHTO Specs for Tile Rehab and Tax Assessment Formula Can be Model for Others

摘要

The agricultural drainage lines that drain water away from individual farmland tile systems are being replaced in a carefully orchestrated program that is expected to take 10 to 15 years. According to Tom Cummins, Montgomery County, Indiana, surveyor, "In a cpunty like this, drainage is paramount because of the loamy and water-bearing soil. We have more than 200 regulated drains and somewhere between 360 to 400 miles of tile, and during the past five years this drainage infrastructure has just been falling apart." Montgomery County, whose county seat, Crawfordsville, is 50 miles north east of Indianapolis, has 505 square miles that is mostly farmland, growing mainly corn and soybeans.