Looking at your landscape it seems that the type of issues that you are
dealing with are out of my area of study. My guess is that there is very
little infiltration occurring due to a poor soil profile. If your property
is sitting near a low spot it will be difficult to prevent this pooling of
water. The only option I see is to landscape your yard in a manner that
would redirect this water out and away from your home. This would require a
lot of soil, and a lot of money. You might want to try to contact your
builder to see what their perspective is on the situation. It seems to me
that they should be somewhat responsible for the problem. Needless to say,
I am not a lawyer. I live in Nebraska and a common problem here is
shrinking and swelling clay. It cracks peoples foundations. If the builder
fails to account for this, it can lead to serious problems down the road. I
know the issues are different but it all goes back to builders putting up
homes in locations that were not meant to be built on. Good luck!

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:28 PM, kalibailey11 <kalivanagas@...> wrote:

> I don't think it is a rising water table, though I have heard rumors
> that the common area is
> on a natural spring. Here's a link to some photos of the swampy area
> around my house. I
> put captions on the photos explaining some of the history of the property.
> When we
> moved in, it was a high desert forest with Juniper and Ponderosa, then a
> development
> company bought it and put in 90 new homes and this grassy common area. The
> flooding
> got really bad after that happened. Sometimes it floods the whole
> neighborhood. We get
> 12" of snow about 3 times a year. Plus 3" off and on all winter. When we
> get 12" and it
> melts suddenly, that's when it floods almost every house on the common
> area, but ours
> gets it the worst.
>
> Photos http://community.webshots.com/album/562696020UyxcwP
>
> If, after seeing the photos, you can recommend a place to start, it would
> be much
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
> Kali Vanagas
>
> --- In stormwaterpro@yahoogroups.com <stormwaterpro%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "bjoel800" <BJoel800@...> wrote:
> >
> > Would you guess and say that the majority of the water is due to
> > snowmelt and rainfall, not a rising water table. If it is mainly due
> > to poor drainage you might need to landscape in such a way that you
> > change the drainage pattern. This way the water drains away from your
> > property, and not towards your foundation. If your flooding is due to
> > a high water table, I am not sure what you can do.
> > --- In stormwaterpro@yahoogroups.com <stormwaterpro%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Norman MacLeod" <gaelwolf@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > REPOSTING for group member
> > >
> > >
> > > FROM: kalivanagas@
> > > DATE: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:27:24 -0000
> > > SUBJECT: New to group- snow melt drainage problems, help!
> > >
> > > For the last 13 years, my family has been battling a swampy yard and
> > > water in our crawl space. We have three $500 sump pumps but that
> > > doesn't fix the yard. It's so bad that the dogs don't even want to go
> > > outside. Our yard extends about 8' out from our house with two 12x15'
> > > areas on either side of the house. It's a flat lot and there are berms
>
> > > separating the flooded common area from our property but our house is
> > > in the low spot. We have lawn, bark, aspens, and some native brush.
> > > What can we do to get rid of all this water??? Thanks
> > >
> >
>
>
>


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