I came across this last night: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s908557.htm, and think maybe this could be a cost-effective solution that would work.
The area that's flooding is rectangular and around 15m x 5m.…

Casa2 - The area the house is in is very clay-ey, so the water is just pooling at the lowest point (middle of our yard).
Bashworth - Thanks for the pointer.…

Hi all,

Our house has a flooding problem in the backyard, and we're unsure of how to deal with it. Whenever it rains heavily, part of the yard starts filling…