Trying to avoid a type 1 failure

I have recently expanded my yard by demolishing my '71 trailer home. I put a new home on the property approximately 12 feet forward of the original location.
This gives me about a 40 x 40 area that I can usee to make a new backyard/garden space.
There is a water issue where the water passes through the property.
I would like to capture this water in the landscape as much as possible.

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Pictures 1 and 2 are from the house looking back at the new area picture 3 is further back over the septic tank.

Hi Curt,
might be helpful to know how often this water is there, how much/how deep, how long it stands before it drains off normally, what kind of soil you have.
was there any sort of drainage put down under that driveway area/how deep does the gravel go? and how much of that gravel area do you need to keep clear (for parking, etc)?

also nice yard, you've got some good looking things in pots!

It looks like your neighbor's property is a lot higher than yours.

Your last picture looks like the makings of a small fish pond.

What is your ideas for catching that water?  

Do you want to "capture" the water to use it later?

If so that fish pond I mentioned might work.

In the past, I have had a property that was similar where we had dirt brought in to raise it to the level of our neighbors' property.

In another property with made ditches and french drains.

As I figured some clarification is needed...

What would be a good way to capture that water in the landscape (soil) and not have it wash through the property taking nutrients and soil with it?

Details.

The area in the pictures is all the area to be turned into backyard.
The pictures are right after a storm that gave us 5 inches of rain after a 4 month drought. The water was gone in a few hours but causeed some errosion and mud problems.
The wet season here is May to June and September to December.

You can see the green shed on the right hand side and the dog yard on the left behind the fence.
I did bring in 8 yards of soil for the dog yard to level it some befor I put down sod. This makes that portion of the yard a bit higher.

I will be making a bed for the trees along the side of the green shed and will have more trees at the back (where they are in pots).
I would like to have garden space and a path on the right center and a fish pond on the left abutting the dog area.

As to the "pond" in the last picture that I am afraid will most likely have soil brought in to level it out some.