| Some things to consider are...
1. Is this water a threat to the house at all? Is there enough grade/pitch from the house to this water runoff area that it wont go to your foundation or in your home?
2. Does the house have a sump-pump? If so, does it connect directly to this dry well or does it have tiling or PVC connecting it to the well?
3. Is there a lower point or perhaps a storm drain that this could be connected to? Not all towns allow you to dump into a storm sewer so check before you get into trouble by doing this.
4. Does the entire neighborhood dump into this area? As in, they are all connected via a single tile that runs in a "valley" behind all the houses?
5. Look for mosses or different grass types near this area... this may indicate how high this thing regularly floods to, or how bad/slow the drainage is.
6. Check for evidence of clay. Just a few stabs in the ground with a shovel with confirm this. If its clay, and it most likely is, it will take a long time for this to dry every time it rains.  |