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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-14-048903
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140724
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140724
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140724

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001604028
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PLASTICS FOAM PRODUCTS [3086]
		IRS NUMBER:				510105665
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD
		CITY:			HILLIARD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43026
		BUSINESS PHONE:		614-658-0050

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD
		CITY:			HILLIARD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43026

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FUSSNER THOMAS M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001614362

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36557
		FILM NUMBER:		14992290

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
		STREET 2:		4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD
		CITY:			HILLARD
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43026
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        <footnote id="F1">The option will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 22, 2014, provided however that all remaining unvested options will vest in full immediately prior to the completion of the initial public offering (&quot;IPO&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 21, 2015, provided however that all remaining unvested options will vest in full immediately prior to the completion of the IPO.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on May 3, 2016, provided however that all remaining unvested options will vest in full immediately prior to the completion of the IPO.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The option will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on August 1, 2017, provided however that all remaining unvested options will vest in full immediately prior to the completion of the IPO.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The option will vest in five equal annual installments beginning on September 1, 2014.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas M. Fussner, by Mark B. Sturgeon as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-07-24</signatureDate>
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes and
designates each of Joseph A. Chlapaty and Mark B. Sturgeon as the undersigned's
agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution to:

      (1) prepare and sign on behalf of the undersigned any Form 3, Form 4 or
Form 5 under Section l6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with
respect to the securities of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the
"Corporation"), and file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

      (2) prepare and sign on behalf of the undersigned any Form 144 Notice
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and

      (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney- in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in- fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in- fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.

      The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated
under such Act.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



      Dated:  July 11, 2014                      /s/ Thomas M. Fussner
                                                --------------------------------
                                                [Signature]

                                                Printed Name: Thomas M. Fussner
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