Last I heard on this story was the owner of the water connection was allowing the family to use the water until they could figure out an arrangement.
This is almost 2 months old. ??
“The Galls hired an attorney.”
In other news, local rancher shuts barn door after horses escape.
The first house we bought had city water. The meter was at the top of our hill in a cul-de-sac. It ran through the neighbors house at the top of the hill, down to my neighbors over to our house. The sellers of our house were going through a divorce so every time there was a change in the water agreement, four different lawyers had to review before it was finalized. I bet we went through 4-6 iterations.
Fast forward 10 years later & the line broke. Asked my neighbor if he would let me put a well in vs. paying for a new line & he signed a release. Nice man & went to his funeral a year or so ago.
You would think that the family and the guy who bought the farm land could work out a deal. Pay whatever percentage of the water, the families using, and just reimburse the guy. Why does it have to be a Philadelphia lawsuit with all these attorneys involved with two people should be able to sit down and work out the problem
There are lots of home owners in AZ that rely on hauled water., even fill swimming pools. I think that those with swimming pools usually have some water from a well, but not enough to support a household.
The water company seems to be especially a-hole here, but I thought there were certain inherent warranty rights in home sales to cover unknown problems like this. Since nearly all of Nebraska sits over the Ogallala Aquifer it’s hard to believe they coudln’t drill a well, but maybe Lincoln is right on the edge of the aquifer. The water table is so high at places along the Platte River that you can hit water at 25 ft.
My well is 155 feet deep decent water good flow. We, like many, have an elaborate water conditioner that requires monthly attention and also a septic system that we have pumped out every 2 years just to stay ahead of the curve. We have sinking funds to have money set aside for repairs such as a new pump and even an upcoming replacement of the pump pit enclosure.
When my friends at work inform me that I have free water I just laugh. I have to think that the family in this story have it figured out that getting connected to the water company even hiring a lawyer to represent them is much less expensive than establishing and maintaining a private well.