BATON ROUGE - A homeowner and her son contacted 2 On Your Side about a water issue they're experiencing.

Friday morning, the city inspected the property around the home and learned that the problem is not in the public right-of-way.

Brenda and her son Lawrence say there's so much water in the backyard that it's saturating the wooden fence and making it impossible to mow the grass. Brenda's grandchildren haven't been able to play because of the mud.

"They have a big trampoline they can't get back there to use," said Lawrence.

The problem is happening at their family home on Wayne Drive in Baton Rouge. It started about two months ago and hasn't let up. The excessive water is causing Brenda's home to sink.

"There's a lot of water coming from back there, a lot of debris blocking this way

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