Beginner Gardening: How can we get rid of some of this water in backyard?, 1 by jess2132000

jess2132000 wrote:
We have a mini pond in our backyard every rain. Our yard is lower then everyone elses in the neighborhood. This one area on the right of the yard is the worst. The townhouse behind us had water that sat in their driveway all the time and they had some kind of drain put in to run the water in their backyard which of course our backyard is backing to theirs so now we get even more water in that one location since their project. Our neighboor on the right of the picture has a maple tree built up with dirt around it in his back yard so the water seems to come to our side of the fence more so then his yard also. Any suggestions on what we can do? Id rather hear a cheaper solution first before a costly one. any suggestions would be great!!