ADAMS TWP — White Water Drive is living up to its name, say a group of residents who attended Monday night’s township supervisors meeting with their attorney.

About eight residents of the street, which is off Adams Ridge Boulevard in the Adams Ridge housing development, came to the meeting to tell the supervisors that storm runoff is plaguing about 10 homes on White Water Drive.

Their attorney, John Corcoran of Jones, Gregg, Creehan and Gerace in Pittsburgh, spoke for the group.

Corcoran said significant water flow, mainly from stormwater runoff, is coming off the ridge above White Water Drive and flooding yards and basements. He said one home’s driveway developed a hole from the water underneath.

“We want the township to be aware of the issue so you can assist us in bringing this matter to complete resolution,” Corcoran said.

Gary Peaco, the township code enforcement and zoning officer, said he met with the Adams Ridge Homeowners Association, developer Chuck Betters, and others Thursday regarding the situation.

Peaco said the association’s engineer walked the area and will issue a report including his recommendations in three to four weeks.

Corcoran replied that the White Water Drive residents want to bring in their own engineers in to review the situation and make a determination as well.

“We’re going to move on it very quickly to bring a resolution,” Corcoran said.

Supervisors Chairman Donald Aiken asked for a motion to have township engineer Ron Olsen look at the other engineers’ reports and make his own recommendations.

That action was approved by the five supervisors.

Outside of the meeting, Jason Giebel and Jen Weiland said they called the fire department on March 14 because water was pouring into their basement.

Giebel said one sump pump in the basement failed, and another was overwhelmed by the torrent.

“We didn’t know what to do,” Giebel said.

He said another neighbor spent $20,000 to try and remedy the problem to no avail.

Another neighbor, Lisa Weale, said a stream has formed around her deck as a result of the runoff, and that she has lost a portion of her property because it has become swampy.

She said Adams officials came to assess the situation three times.

“They said it’s just a really wet spring,” Weale said.

She said she and her neighbors were also told they could not put in French drains to alleviate the problem because it would divert the water onto other properties.

They were also forbidden from diverting the water into the stormwater system on White Water Drive, Weale said.

Before the group left the meeting, Aiken said the supervisors would work with the group.

“We will try to work with you and the homeowners, and Gary (Peaco), with whatever we need to do,” Aiken said.