DeKalb County Drainage Board

Services Provided

• Enter contracts on behalf of landowners for drainage
• Improvements on regulated drains
• Authority over all county drains in DeKalb County consisting of 650 regulated drains with about 1,600 miles of tile and open drains

Requirements

• No construction work should be done on a regulated drain without the prior consent of the DeKalb County Surveyor or the Drainage Board
• No permanent improvement shall be placed within the statutory right of a regulated drain without the prior written approval from the Drainage Board