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<blockquote data-quote="Obi-Wan" data-source="post: 367783" data-attributes="member: 709"><p>flooding and ground water are two different things.&nbsp;&nbsp; In Bismarck drain tile and sump pit are required by code in all new residential buildings, I believe this started in the 80's .&nbsp; I have witnessed more houses built on high ground in Bismarck that have ground water issues than I have seen houses in the low areas with ground water issues.&nbsp; The ones built on a hill or cut into a hill have to deal with clay and the water will follow the top of the clay instead of soaking in.&nbsp; The area NW of Century and Washington street are a good example of this.&nbsp; We built a building on Calgary N. of Menards which was supposed to have a full basement.&nbsp; During excavation we opened what I call an underground river as you could see the water flowing through on top of the clay layer.&nbsp; We ended up filling the area up with washed sand and the building ended up with a crawl space.&nbsp; To this day anytime I am at that business you can hear the underground water running into the parking lot storm sewer.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Obi-Wan, post: 367783, member: 709"] flooding and ground water are two different things. In Bismarck drain tile and sump pit are required by code in all new residential buildings, I believe this started in the 80's . I have witnessed more houses built on high ground in Bismarck that have ground water issues than I have seen houses in the low areas with ground water issues. The ones built on a hill or cut into a hill have to deal with clay and the water will follow the top of the clay instead of soaking in. The area NW of Century and Washington street are a good example of this. We built a building on Calgary N. of Menards which was supposed to have a full basement. During excavation we opened what I call an underground river as you could see the water flowing through on top of the clay layer. We ended up filling the area up with washed sand and the building ended up with a crawl space. To this day anytime I am at that business you can hear the underground water running into the parking lot storm sewer. [/QUOTE]

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