"Ken Hall" wrote in message
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I've lived in this house for more than 20 years. After a rain there
might be an inch or so f standing water for a hour or two in my back
yard, but that was it.

Starting last fall my backyard has a swimming pool after rains.
Immediately after a hard rain it stands 4-5 inches deep and the water
is not all gone for 3-4 days without rain. A month or so ago when it
rained some every day you had to wade to go in the yard for about 3
weeks. It has killed all the grass. So after the water is gone the
yard is mud for several days.

All the yards in our area are surrounded by 6 ft cedar fences, so it's
hard to see into neighbor yards. I go on the roof and it appears that
a neighbor has filled in his back yard, raising the level about a
foot. It appears that the developer designed the drainage to go down
the easement of the back yards to the storm sewer at the end of the
block. Now the water from the "upstream" houses comes into my yard
and is dammed up by my neighbor causing it to pool.

Is there any law or rule forbidding him from changing the runoff
causing my yard to flood?




-- Ken

you need to go ask at the place that you would get building permits because
this is different depending upon where you are.

in general, yes. in my area, whatever water comes into your property, has to
leave in the same place and amount it would go if there were no landscaping
changes.