"Somebody, I guess, answered a prayer or something," David Mitchell said. Water flooded his shed, crashed through his rock wall and threw dirt all over his backyard.

"You can see where the rock wall used to be," he said, pointing to an empty 20-foot area.

For a few days, Mitchell was in doubt about how to fix these problems and he desperately worked on a solution.

"The water came rushing in," Rebecca Mendez said of the flood waters. She lives next door to Mitchel and suffered similar damage in her backyard. She also wondered what to do.

"All of the sudden, water company came out and said and we're going to take care of it and it was like, 'Thank you,'" Mitchell said.

More than a dozen Water Utility workers spent many hours on Friday and Saturday picking up the dirt and rocks scattered and piled up in Mitchell and Mendez's backyards. They also put dozens of sandbags in place in case more rain comes soon.

The water company is not responsible for any of the damage.

Spokesperson for the water company, Karol Parker, told KFOX-14 that the wall which gave way to the rain water is privately owned, and that the large dirt hill between it and Mitchell and Mendez's homes is owned by El Paso Electric.

Mitchell and Mendez said they have spoken to both about flood problems they said are caused by the poorly taken care of dirt hill and poor drainage at the top of it.

They said flood water has damaged their homes at least three times before. Mendez said the owner of the wall that burst told her that like her, he doesn't have flood insurance.

Fortunately for her and Mitchell and their families, Water Utility will not just clean up the mess. Parker said the company will work on a long-term solution to flood problems in the area. They will meet with private property owners on Surety Drive, the street parallel to Tejas Drive, next week.

Parker did not say whether the company would be reimbursed by El Paso Electric or the owners of the broken wall.