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Message: [QUOTE="Dream Jobbed 2.0, post: 4036185, member: 7159"] So my neighbor texted my father in law (the previous owner of my home) all bent out of shape that “mud from my yard” got into their pool saying we need to add extra drainage to our yard so it doesn’t happen again. We have a swale (which granted my FIL did let get a bit overgrown) that flows into an actual town sewer drain, and some drains built into our back garden. There is TONS of drainage. The town drain was inundated and the swale did flow into his yard a bit at the height of the storm. I had a massive pond in the backyard as well all. There was also seepage in the basement which FIL says has NEVER happened in 30 years. The INSTANT the rain subsided a little bit the swale was moving in the right direction and the water disappeared in my yard. His muddy pool is not a reflection of my drainage. It is a reflection of us having two tropical storms in a 4 day span on top of the rainiest summer in years. It is also a result of him building a pool in the lowest point of his marshy yard. If we get 8 inches of rain over the course of a weekend again he gets more mud in his pool I’ll do something to fix it. Until then, maybe dig yourself a nice little French drain. [/QUOTE]