Ten years, one family, and a stubborn preference for shovels.
We are Hoosier Water Away: Anthony Piatt, his daughter Mareana, and a small crew that has been putting drainage pipe in Indiana ground since February 2016. We are not a franchise, and we do not send subcontractors to your house.
How this started
A trade Anthony learned before he named the company
We opened our doors on February 9, 2016. Anthony Piatt owns our company and still runs it. His daughter Mareana Piatt runs the office, answers the phone and keeps the schedule straight.
We have stayed small on purpose. There is no call center reading a script and no subcontractor showing up at your door. Everybody who works on your job is in-house and wears a Hoosier Water Away shirt.
What we believe
Two rules that have not changed since 2016
"We pride ourselves in not using heavy equipment and placing your grass back to where it was wherever we dig."
That is Anthony's own description of the job, and it is the reason our company exists. A skid steer or a trencher gets the pipe in the ground faster, but it leaves ruts, compacted soil and a landscaping bill behind. Shovels, mattocks and wheelbarrows take longer. They also leave a yard you can mow the same season.
"We focus on getting water away for your house and its foundation."
Every job, whether it is a single downspout extension or a full perimeter system, gets judged by one question: does the water actually leave the property now. Not patched, not slowed down, moved.
- 10Years digging Indiana drainage
- 11Drainage services offered
- 2Bases, in Kokomo and Bloomington
How we work
What actually happens when you call us
We answer new messages in about 30 minutes during business hours, Monday through Friday 9am to 7pm and Saturday 9am to 5pm. From there we schedule a free on-site visit. Anthony or a crew lead walks the yard, watches where water actually goes, and checks the fall with a level.
You get a fixed written quote for a defined scope, not a range read off over the phone. Half the quoted price holds your spot on the schedule and covers materials. The balance is due when the job is finished and you have walked it with us.
We do not offer financing. What we do offer is 10% off for past customers and for anyone a past customer sends our way. Tell us who referred you when you call.
If a job is bigger than we can fit this month, we will say so up front rather than stack you behind six other customers and let the schedule slip.
What we can honestly tell you
Family owned, insured, and accountable to the BBB
- BBB Accredited, A+ rating
- Family owned and operated
- Insured
- Serving Indiana since 2016
- Free written estimates
Where we work from
Two bases: Kokomo and Bloomington
We have two bases, one in Kokomo and one in Bloomington, and we take jobs across all of Indiana.
Weather does not stop the work. Our crew still shows up in winter, moving stone by wheelbarrow when the ground is frozen and the schedule allows it.
Finish work
The stone walkway is part of the same crew's work
From your neighbors
Reviews, straight from Google
These update themselves. Nothing on this page is typed in by us.
Free estimate
Tell us what the water is doing at your place.
Send the form and we will get back to you within about 30 minutes during business hours. Or call and talk to a person right now.
- Free on-site visit and written quote
- Fixed price, no hourly surprises
- Dug by hand, sod put back
- Serving all of Indiana from Kokomo and Bloomington