Nor'Easter here today. This means that whether it rains or not (rain is meaningless) there is a strong East wind that blows the water into the bays and causes very high tides. Combine that with an astronomical high tide and we have a tad bit of trouble. So today was a very high tide. This morning's we survived just fine. And this evening's we survived just fine - it didn't come over the dock and my flower beds were dry.....until I look outside and see my next door neighbor has placed a sump pump drain tube literally pointing at my fence and 1 foot away from it. My flower beds are now completely flooded with saltwater and goop water from his basement. You tell me? Wrong? Cause I sure think it is. Like I would EVER point a sump pump drain onto my neighbor's property. Irish blood begins boiling.
I go outside and shout his name because the water has flooded the street so bad that I can't walk over to his house without getting soaked. He finally hears me and comes over acting like he couldn't possibly know what I want. I say, "can you move this?" He looks at me and shrugs like he has no where else to put this.....EXCEPT FOR HIS OWN FREAKING PROPERTY.....THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN DO THIS IS MY PROPERTY????? I turn and walk away about to have an aneurism. I go inside and sit down. I look a few minutes later and he has moved it.
So please. Tell me. Is it me? Or was this totally out of hand that he pointed his dirty basement water onto my property?
Actually, you are correct. Tidewater is considered "surface water" as
opposed to natural streams or rivers. One may divert surface water
accumulations so long as a) the diversion is into a natural drainway and b)
it doesn't unreasonably affect an adjoining landowner.
They said we only got .6 inch of rain yesterday. I thought it was a whole
lot more. The sump pump issue is enough to make you want to strangle
somebody. Did you ask him to turn it from your garden?