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Yes, this year sure has more rain than we have had for at least 5 years.

We have never had a swimming pool with an automatic drain and fill. This year it has been draining a lot! We are thinking about different ways to contain the water because it is killing the grass. One of our ideas was to build a "rock creek" along the swale to allow the water to drain into the soil.

I googled "French Drain". There were some very interesting variations.

My husband is in favor of a gravel filled dry well to allow the water to slowly absorb into the soil.....not sure what we are going to do yet.

In our old house, we had to hook up a garden hose to the pool drain to empty the pool into the street. I remember one of my neighbors forgot the pool was draining,and she poured half her pool down the drain!