Our back yard floods with long rains. Cheapest way to fix this?
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You can build a dry creek bed to channel the water away, it would still look nice even when not raining, line the ditch with a heavy liner and bigger stones to keep it in place
I don’t know if these are enough to help. Variations come in multiple sizes, and are probably even extendable. Hard-sided one’s could probably be dug in and covered with stones and pavers.
I know that they’ve help keep my basement dry.
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6 Backyard Flooding Solutions for Landscaping a Storm-Proof Yard
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How to Achieve Better Yard Drainage | Family Handyman
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Find which way your yard slopes down, you can dig a shallow trench fairly easy and somewhat quickly, lay in a piece of pvc pipe and cover it back up. Make sure the pipe is directing the water in the direction of the downward slope. If you wanted you could even dig a few trenches and put the pvc pipes in then cover them back up.
That should help move the water away from your yard
Do you have a Pond and a waterfall, Maybe that might help. Maybe talk to local authority?
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