Lolz. Famous last words.

 

Sounds like the neighbors have IQ's of a fence post. Common knowledge before you do any underground digging is to call a utility locating service. As has been said before, it is their responsibility now to fix it correctly, it's not the waterline's fault that it was in the ground shallower than 36". Also, they can not make you re-route the line around their property for their convenience.

 

the utility company is the one that said they shouldnt hit them any how i called the city and they said that they would move the water meter into my yard..i said it will be a real inconvenience to both of us if something else was to happed and they agreed

 

well that is good news

 

yep it is..i told them id take care from the meter to my house if they could put the meter on my property

 

As said above they should have called utiliquest or who ever line locates in your area before digging. There is always a phone line like 4" under the surface somewhere lol.

 

they called callokie they did come out and make lines but not the water since it was pvc and they said they should be deep enough that they dont hit them..wrong

 

I can tell you guys have no idea about Oklahoma utilities...
I work for and Civil Engineering firm and we have to deal with utility locates all the time and we are lucky if they have a half *** idea where the lines might be. There is no way they could have located that water line anyway since it is PVC. The locators only work on metal lines or lines that have locating wire buried with them. I have actually seen a city of Tulsa employee pull out the witching wire to locate a waterline.

Hope you get it all fixed up Tyler.

Could have been worse. A friend of mine had his phone line cut and then the gas line broken by the guy building a house in the lot next to his. No locates where called for and after the gas line was hit they wrapped black electrical tape around it and buried it again. Still leaking gas of course till someone smelled it and called the gas company.