I live in Lakeland, Florida and in Sept. 2004 we were hit pretty hard
by hurricanes. A one street development that runs off of my street
has a retention pond for their stormwater drainage. In between the 2
hurricanes, a neighbor vandalized the retention pond that caused
flooding on our street and my property. I contacted the county and
Swiftmud. They both came out and said that there was a problem.
Sadly, neither had the damage repaired before the next hurricane. My
entire home was flooded because of this. In addition, Swiftmud says
that the pipe that is connected to the retention pond will stay open
for the overflow if the pond gets full. This pipe opens onto our
street. Everything I have ever read says that developments must not
put their water onto other properties. There is a lot more detail to
this, and would love to have someone help who has expertise in this
type problem. Basically everyone says it is the other parties problem
or responsibility.