Underground spring water floods at least 17 North Ogden homes

OGDEN, Utah — A minimum of 17 North Ogden houses are flooded and it’s not from water coming down the mountain. It’s coming from under.

Bob Taggart has lived in his North Ogden residence since 1980. He has two spring that run by way of his yard. This 12 months, there’s a lot water, neighbors, together with him, have water seeping into their basements, inflicting main harm.

In Taggart’s basement, that began flooding weeks in the past, he’s nonetheless pumping out 240-gallons each six hours. On high of that, he had a large trench dug from the facet of his yard to empty by way of the entrance. His hope is to get the water away from his basis.

“Up within the nook of the home, the place he began,” Taggart advised KSLTV. “It’s seven toes deep, and right here, you possibly can see and it daylights out to simply flows.”

It’s a significant eyesore and a giant disappointment to his spouse that has, in years previous, used that space to backyard. Her favourite is blackberries.

One road up, Valerie Cullison and her household have ripped out all the carpet within the basement and, this week, put in two everlasting sump pumps.

“There was water arising by way of the cracks over right here,” Cullison stated. “It was flowing out, in every single place and arising by way of the cracks and in every single place.”

She’s lived her 36 years and has by no means had flooding like this. She hopes the brand new pumps will completely remedy the present drawback and what could occur sooner or later.

Each the Cullisons and the Taggarts have talked to metropolis leaders however say they see why town can’t do something. They imagine it’s only a shift within the general underground spring system, though it’s nonetheless laborious to imagine how a lot water there may be.

No matter what occurs in years to return, Taggart received’t be leaving.

“I used to be born right here in North Ogden, this was my dad’s and his dad and mom earlier than him, land, and that is our land.”