Smart move, Pond Bob! Sure helps to have an attorney on your side. We have a twenty five year old $60,000 water line with a thirty foot gap in it. The line ends on the north side of a pipeline right of way and begins again at the south right of way marker. We thought our engineer had permission to cross the right of way but he didn't, having never had a problem in the past. The company's position was that developing the property would result in a population increase which would require an upgrade of the pipeline. We would have had to pay for the upgrade. The forty acres is still a pasture, and not one drop of water has ever flowed through the water line. I know, I know, but the engineer was our cousin, a great friend and a fine gentleman, and we would never ever consider trying to recover in that way.
