@James Wise  Per your request.Coming out of the late 1800s most of the major west coast cities that we know and love like LA  SF  PDX SEATAC were all subdivided by the same engineering firms  at least SF and Portlandia were.. this led to land speculators in the day going out into the Western deserts and other remote areas.. buying what were large land holdings , Spanish land grants and other lands that were not govmit owned.. then in the day you could simply create massive subdivisions buy doing basic surveys off of the base and meridian lines.. which all of the west is surveyed off of... this is called section land.then create these massive tracks of lots.. some were like up in the apple valley, Lancaster,  Barstow type areas mainly 5 acre tracts.. and were done on a grid pattern.. streets in ( mapped but not built)  and of course spiraled out of a small little town off the railroad track or the few roads that existed in those days.. you took your map and recorded it at the county, county was happy they just got 5 thousand lots they could send out tax bills on..

I graduated from Missouri S&T in with my Mechanical Engineering degree.

For me it was getting cashflow so I could leave my job as an engineer.

Also, I don't think any of the houses in Pearland flooded despite its proximity to neighborhoods that did (like Friendswood) so I think that speaks volumes about the civil engineering in the area.Hope that helps! 

I’m electrical engineer and I work for the government at the moment.ThanksAdios

Those traits led me to study Electrical Engineering, and they are also how I learned about Real Estate Investing. 

Right now the floor has to be jack hammered out to get to the pipe which of course also ruins our engineered wood floor. 

I am a software engineer with a decent salary but want to get out of the "Rat Race", nevertheless. 

I graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for electrical engineering.

Your civil engineer should be able to tell you why there is a problem.The city doesnt give you water , you pay to have the water lines run to your property .