not your California water issue

Somehow, water main issues just keep popping up. I have been on Town water that comes up behind my neighbors' two houses and barns. It was a 3/4" line and did just fine as far as I was concerned. However, since I wanted water to go into the new barn, the Water District guys - who have still not finished the new Water Main work - decided initially that the barn could be serviced by that line, but that my house needed to be serviced by the new 1" line that they had put in from the brand new water main. The trouble is that the new line was in the diagonally opposite corner of the house from where the water services emanate.
That was solved by just putting the line into the house on the corner near the water main. So they dug down into my old stone foundation, found a hole to put the water line through, and did it. But then the Water District guys came, and decided that I should have the new water line go all the way across the front lawn and down into the barn so they can turn off the old line, which was not convenient for them to service - not that it had ever needed servicing. So now, I have a trench across the front lawn and down across the driveway - just in time for my little grandaughters to come and visit. The trenches are just perfect for them to play in and/or fall in.
So I have called Eric Wood, who is doing the dirt work, and suggested that I will be VERY unhappy if the trenches are not filled in by tomorrow, Saturday, when everyone arrives.
It is a classic, summer-in-Maine issue: outdoor construction work needs to get done in a limited time frame, and when the summer people arrive, the time becomes even more limited. I have never seen so many people working at such a frantic pace in my life. Boatyards are hustling to put boats into the water; dirt movers are loading things onto barges to take them out to islands. Dumptrucks included. Landscapers are distributing huge piles of mulch here and there on lawns, and bending over to spread and plant. It is impressive, and fun to watch except when it is on your own front lawn, and the grandaughters are about to arrive!