flenn
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I’m hoping that I could get advice on how to deal with a wet field that won’t dry out. I attached a jpg that might help visualize the problem.
The back field of my property has been wet for the last 6 – 7 months. Almost the entire area is soaked with surface water and there is one small “stream” that actively flows across the field. The previous owner told me (after we had bought the property) that this happens during the winter months and stops during the summer. When we bought in the summer, it was dry as a bone and I had no idea about this issue. The water started around Oct and is still flowing. I can’t find any evidence that the water is running downhill on the surface to me. I did locate what looks to be an underground spring that surfaces at the edge of the elevated side of my property. I doubt that this one spring is the source of the entire problem, but it is evidence that the problem is from water coming out of the ground rather than running on the surface from my neighbors.
Does it make sense to lay some underground pipe in the configuration shown in the attached picture? Lend me some expertise on how to resolve this issue. Thanks.
The back field of my property has been wet for the last 6 – 7 months. Almost the entire area is soaked with surface water and there is one small “stream” that actively flows across the field. The previous owner told me (after we had bought the property) that this happens during the winter months and stops during the summer. When we bought in the summer, it was dry as a bone and I had no idea about this issue. The water started around Oct and is still flowing. I can’t find any evidence that the water is running downhill on the surface to me. I did locate what looks to be an underground spring that surfaces at the edge of the elevated side of my property. I doubt that this one spring is the source of the entire problem, but it is evidence that the problem is from water coming out of the ground rather than running on the surface from my neighbors.
Does it make sense to lay some underground pipe in the configuration shown in the attached picture? Lend me some expertise on how to resolve this issue. Thanks.