Melinda Mavers lives in Midtown Tulsa.
She began the process of building her pool earlier this year.
She had her house surveyed by Okie 8-1-1 to make sure she could safely build a pool.
Everything came back clear- until her pool contractors hit an unknown pipe.
“Nobody knew what it was,” she said. “It wasn’t on the city atlas the city of Tulsa uses to kind of visualize where the lines are laid.”
She said she contacted the city several times to make sure it didn’t belong to them.
“Multiple times, the city of Tulsa told me it wasn’t theirs so to go ahead and rip it out,” he said. “It was my pool company who said they’ve ran into this issue with the city of Tulsa before, and wanted it in writing.”
She said that the city really got serious about finding out where the pipe came from after she asked for this in writing.
The city tested the pipe and found out it is active, and is connected to a main storm line.
“There was a lack of accountability or responsibility for their lack of information, incorrect information,” she said.