Built on Experience. Powered by Precision.

Water Management Solutions, LLC is a locally owned company rooted in South Dakota agriculture — and built on decades of hands-on experience in drainage, excavation, and water system installation.

We started as the original tiling crew within Mettler Fertilizer. As that business changed hands, we launched Water Management Solutions to focus fully on what we do best: helping farmers, landowners, and contractors get their ground ready, water systems in place, and projects done right.

From drain tile design to directional boring, septic system installs, and HDPE pipe sales, our crew brings practical know-how, the right equipment, and the kind of service that gets people calling us back year after year.

We also stock the materials our jobs (and yours) require — like fittings, hydrants, poly pipe, and Cobett waterers — ready for pickup, delivery, or installation.

Built on Experience. Powered by Precision.

Water Management Solutions, LLC is a locally owned company rooted in South Dakota agriculture — and built on decades of hands-on experience in drainage, excavation, and water system installation.

We started as the original tiling crew within Mettler Fertilizer. As that business changed hands, we launched Water Management Solutions to focus fully on what we do best: helping farmers, landowners, and contractors get their ground ready, water systems in place, and projects done right.

From drain tile design to directional boring, septic system installs, and HDPE pipe sales, our crew brings practical know-how, the right equipment, and the kind of service that gets people calling us back year after year.

We also stock the materials our jobs (and yours) require — like fittings, hydrants, poly pipe, and Cobett waterers — ready for pickup, delivery, or installation.

Meet the Team

We take pride in the work we do — and it shows in the way our crew shows up, solves problems, and gets the job done right the first time.

James Mettler

Owner / Manager

Dwayne Hofer

Tiling & Boring

Andy Spangler

Tiling & Boring

Lori Droppers

Office Administrator

Mary Mettler

Accounting

Careers at WMS

We’re always open to adding good people to the crew. If you’re dependable, work hard, and want to be part of a team that takes pride in doing solid work — we’d like to hear from you.

farm-drainage

Trimble Technology in the Field

Real Tools. Real Layouts. Real Results.
At Water Management Solutions, we don’t just believe in precision — we rely on it every day to do better work in the field.

We run a full suite of Trimble and Spectra Precision tools across our drain tile, land forming, and excavation projects. These systems help us lay out precise tile plans, grade land efficiently, and install water systems that work as intended — season after season.

If you’re looking to implement Trimble tools in your own operation, we can help you understand how they work, what they do, and how they might benefit your project.

Trimble Systems We Use:

WM-Drain®

fieldlevel

Complete farm drainage planning and installation

WM-Form™

Whether you’re a grower or an earthworks contractor, the Trimble® WM-Form™ land forming solution can help you fix underproducing acres

Land forming with minimal topsoil disturbance

FieldLevel™ II

scaper

Surveying and grading for levees and field shaping

VerticalPoint RTK™

Increase your productivity with a solution that sets a new standard for uptime with continuous in-field operations.

High-precision grade control for leveling

Additional Tools in the Field:

  • Spectra GL600/GL700 & AG402 Lasers – Rugged laser systems for accurate slope and grade setup
  • AgGPS 542 RTK Base Station – Mobile GPS base station for layout and machine guidance

Need help understanding how Trimble tools could benefit your project? Give us a call at 605‑660‑5513 — we’ll walk you through it.

Use with any type of drainage plow — self-propelled, pull-type, chain, or wheel trenchers, ditches, scrapers, or any other water management implement
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