On 8 Sep, 20:14, "nightjar" .me.uk>
wrote:
>> On 8 Sep, 08:37, "nightjar" .me.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> "Doug"
riseup.net> wrote in message>
>
>>>> On 8 Sep, 08:16, "Graculus"
hotmail.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:>>>>> "Doug"
riseup.net> wrote in message>
>
>>>>>> The list of harm caused by mass car use seems to be growing ever
>>>>>> longer. Will it ever stop?
>
>>>>>> "...But equally foolish is the covering so much land with concrete
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> tarmac - which prevents water soaking into the ground and allows it
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> run off. Houses used to have decent-sized gardens, with grass and
>>>>>> exposed soil to mop up large quantities of rainwater. Now even
>>>>>> expensive houses are packed close together and what open ground
>>>>>> remains is taken up with hard standing for a couple of BMWs plus a
>>>>>> large patio for the barbecue..."
>
>>>>> Another unattributed quote, Doug? Why should we take this seriously if
>>>>> you
>>>>> won't even tell us where it came from?
>
>>>> I didn't realise that you and your motoring chums would be at all
>>>> interested in following this up and you would be more likely to spend
>>>> all of your time here devising new ways of dismissing it out of hand.
>
>>>> Here goes then:
>
>
>>> Contrary to the experience of the author, I managed to get rid of
>>> flooding
>>> in my garden by laying hard surfacing. I used it to raise the ground
>>> level
>>> in that part of the garden by a few inches, which took it above the
>>> winter
>>> ground water level.
>
>> The point you seem to be missing is that while improving your own
>> situation you have made it worse for others by increasing run-off.
>
> The point you are definitely missing is that, in my case, the water was
> rising out of the ground, not falling out of the sky. As the water table was
> above ground level, there wouldn't have been anywhere for rainfall to run
> off to. Therefore, the situation is neither better nor worse, except that I
> now don't have to walk through a shallow pond to get to the garage.
>
The 'shallow pond' is on your property instead of being diverted onto
that of someone else. Has it also occurred to you that water might be
rising out of your ground because someone else is diverting it to you?
