Neighbor's Drain Pipe Flooding Your Yard: Legal & Practical Fixes

Question: Neighbor's plastic drain pipe surfaced; water now floods my yard into a mud pit. Dig up and rebuild? Block their hose? Live with it?

Answer: Neighbor Likely Liable; You Have Drainage Options

Unless unavoidable, draining onto your property is illegal—neighbor must fix at their expense.

If not resolvable on their end, your options: perforated drainage pipe, rain garden, retention pond, drywells, catch basins. Water must reach a disposal point (drainage or infiltration).

—Mark Harshman | mahdrafting.com