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Re: Driveway Drainage
Could be a clogged storm drain.
Could be a storm drain going into a 'dry well'/'french drain' (like is in front of our house - whenever it rains, the storm drain fills and the street floods similar to that, given enough time, the water goes down. We've called the city and they will come out and pump it out, but the problem is that it is not connected to anything, it is a 'dry well' used for that purpose, obviously, the dry well is not of sufficient capacity and the percolation into the soil is not sufficient to drain the water off soon enough.
However, there is another dry well storm drain on the other side of the street (exactly opposite the one on our side) and it drains down quite fast. And, nope, they are not connected. It's the way our subdivision was built.
If there is no storm drain there, then it is a grading problem.
If (IF) the city has jurisdiction over that street, the problem 'might' be theirs.
I would call the city first, you may end up finding out that there is basically nothing which can be done (as we did - but at least ours is not at the driveway).
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