[RonF]

Hey, if you don't like it, dig a retention pond on your property and don't let the rainwater run off.

That in fact is pretty common out here in the Chicago area. Commercial properties, and residential developments, all must be designed so that no more water runs off of them after development than before. Chicago is mostly on a flood plain, and prior to such laws the paving and re-landscaping that's performed during such development used to cause land that had previously retained rainwater to cause it to run off instead, flooding out the neighbors. So in the interests of flood control, you now must ensure that your property retains as much rainwater after a rain as it did before it was developed.

[Black Agnes]

MMMM, retention ponds...skeeters just LOVE retention ponds!

[cinFLA]

Hey, if you don't like it, dig a retention pond on your property and don't let the rainwater run off. We had a cop out here in Sacremento try to enlarge the "fishing pond" nearby and hit a water main flooding the area and causing a loss of water pressure to the whole area.

[Political Junkie Too]

Hey, if you don't like it, dig a retention pond on your property and don't let the rainwater run off.

Then it becomes a standing pool and is subject to EPA regulations concerning endangered species. Didn't a man almost lose his farm because a puddle dried up and some frogs lost their home?

-PJ