One neighbor in Tempe’s Tally Ho Farms has already lost a large, mature tree, and others on the street are dying, according to the president of the neighborhood association. The cause, residents say, is a broken irrigation pipe that has left yards dry for months.
FOX 10 Phoenix reported on Oct. 26 that more than 40 homes on the same SRP irrigation network have gone without irrigation water since a contractor damaged a pipe in March. Some households that switched to city water now face bills of $900.
A Pipe Damaged During Shopping Center Work
Tally Ho Farms is a historic neighborhood of large parcels near Warner and Rural roads in Tempe. Homeowners told FOX 10 Phoenix that a contractor working for the developer Thompson Thrift damaged an irrigation pipe in the spring while excavating for a new shopping center across the street. Tally Ho Farms South is also affected.
FOX 10 first reported on the neighborhood’s trouble in July and returned in October to see what had changed. The October follow-up found the problem still unresolved…