Drainage, grading, French drains and sewer and water line work at Del Webb Lake Oconee, the 55-plus community in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia.DEL WEBB LAKE OCONEE: DRAINAGE, GRADING AND LINE WORK.

On lots this size, most site problems are water in the wrong place: a downspout dumping beside the foundation, a side yard that stays wet for days, a patio sending runoff back toward the slab. The fixes are small-scale but precise: a French drain along the property line, downspouts tied into a buried line, or a regraded swale that moves water to the street or the lot's low corner.

Underground, a Del Webb yard can be crowded: the grinder basin and its pressure line, the water service, irrigation, low-voltage lighting and the neighbor's lines a few feet away. Every dig starts with a Georgia 811 locate request, and on lots this tight we use compact equipment and protect the turf.↗

Permits can be stricter than the job size suggests. Greene's erosion permit page lists work inside a common development developed on or after August 2000 as one of the triggers for a design-professional erosion plan, a land disturbance permit and an EPD notice of intent. Del Webb opened in 2007, so ask Greene Building & Zoning whether your project needs one before work starts, and check with the community's HOA, which this page has not reviewed.↗↗

On the few lots that touch the shoreline, Georgia Power's rule applies: drain pipes cannot cross its project land and must end at the boundary in a swale, French drain or dry creek bed.↗