In my conversation we actually discussed the natural flow of the land. There is a pond about 1\4 mile away that supposedly has a pipe running from it towards our land. There is another pond at my neighbors to the west. It has a pipe that comes into my pond. From my pond the natural drain is to the north where there is a low area that has cattails in it and it is near the ditch. A culvert was placed at that location in the road that takes it to his ditch. From his ditch his land slopes down into a pond. To me it looks like this has been the path water has always followed. I am not a lawyer so I do not know the laws when it comes to these things. If my pond was constructed to hold rain in heavy downpours and I pump it full, am I held liable in a heavy rain that causes the pond to flood? His house sits on a bit of a hill so I don't see water going into his house. I was also told locally that I could put in a well for my pond. I do however know a guy that had the state show up at his house because he pumped his pond. Not sure if a complaint by a neighbor could shut my pump down or not.