CC - Applicant's Response to Groundwater concerns Skip and Vickie Richardson
1835 East Victory Road
Meridian, Idaho 83642
November 10, 2020
Meridian City Council Members,
Here is a little background information on 1835 East Victory Road.
We moved to this property October 1986. We were told that the 8 Mile Lateral had been "tiled" in the last
year or two. In making improvements to the property in the following years we have seen a noticeable drop
in the water table while the surrounding properties (Tradewinds and Tuscany (before development)) did not.
Those properties have something in common that our property does not-open water sources.
We have used a 10 foot deep pond to catch irrigation runoff water to water the large trees and the garden to
the west side of the property. In 2019, the last time we irrigated, we used the pond. All summer it was full
to its maximum. At the end of the irrigation season, somewhere around the middle or end of September, the
pond was totally empty by the second day after we lost our irrigation water. This year, 2020„ we did not irri-
gate and the pond remained bone dry all summer. I do have pictures of the holding pond during the 2020
irrigation season.
In my opinion the major difference between the other two developments, Tuscany and Tradewinds, and
1835 East Victory Road is the tiled canal. Tuscany has the open dirt 8 Mile Lateral and Tradewinds has 10
Mile Creek , in addition to a poorly designed drain field.
When one of our neighbors in Tradewinds made reference to the standing water in our fields it was during
irrigation season when you are supposed to have water in your fields. I do.not believe that the plan is for the
Teakwood development to flood irrigate.
Respectfully,
Skip and Vickie Richardson
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