Water Irrigation System

So we had some pretty hefty rain here in Fort Worth a couple of weeks ago, and our front porch area flooded almost instantly. Now, it didn't cover our walkway, but it did flood the little planter area. There were two weeping systems installed, which should have saved us from having flood issues. I say were, because this project is all about replacing them. First, a picture of how much of the mulch was displaced from the flooding:

I started to investigate and almost instantly realized the system was done for:

Obviously there was no cover on the system for quite some time. Perhaps this was back from the 80's when the home was built. After visiting Home Depot, I realized that without storm drains at the streets I was simply looking to run the water to a downward slope that would take it away from my home. Our home is built on a small hill, but the porch area and planter areas are on flat land. Now I had my goal! Let the dig begin.

The entrance is covered with a grate and a weeping system fabric that looks like cheesecloth, but is designed to let water in and keep mud out. The exit actually closes (manually) but pops open when water hits it.

I replaced the Y-joint weeping system with a single entry point that was starting from a deeper entry point. Finally, cleanup (pre-mulch):

Post mulch:

The culprit of my flooding woes: