That works until the developer finally fucks up and the municipality gets sued for approving it. There's a town where I live in NY that is on the hook for basi

That works until the developer finally fucks up and the municipality gets sued for approving it. There's a town where I live in NY that is on the hook for basically spending millions on pumping the water table yearly because back in the 70s they idiotically approved development of a few neighborhoods when the water table was at a record low due to a drought and the entire area is up against a water table connected lake. No surprise post-drought, all those houses were getting permanently flooded since the area simply cannot sustain houses with basements. Last news in recent years is the flooding is shifting so they are on the hook to build yet another pump station as long as those original houses still exist.