Detention pond construction and maintenance, subsurface stormwater controls and pond water-quality management across Central Texas.
Around Canyon Lake the ground is thin soil over limestone and the slopes are steep, so a hard rain becomes runoff almost immediately. Drainage channels cut down to rock, culverts plug with gravel and cedar debris, and small commercial basins fill with coarse material rather than fine silt. Everything out here eventually drains toward the lake, which is why owners and reviewers pay attention to what is in the water leaving a site.
Most of our work in this area is erosion repair and channel maintenance: rebuilding washed-out swales, resetting rock where flow has pulled it loose, digging out culvert inlets, and keeping basin outlets from being blocked by whatever came down the hill. We mow and clear brush on slopes that would otherwise go to cedar within a couple of seasons. Sediment gets loaded and hauled off the property.
If you manage a resort property, a POA common area or a commercial site near Canyon Lake, the right schedule is usually a few visits a year plus a check after the big storms. We will drive the drainage with you and point out what is actually failing versus what only looks rough. Call (737) 404-9343 to set up a free on-site assessment.
We walk your Canyon Lake property and assess the site.
An itemized estimate with no surprises.
Tidy local crews and modern equipment.
Results made for Comal County, plus optional upkeep.
We also provide ponds & stormwater in these nearby communities:
Yes. Corral Bros is a pond and stormwater contractor serving Central Texas, we build detention and retention ponds, maintain them, install and service subsurface stormwater control measures (SCMs), and manage pond water quality. Most of this work is for commercial properties, HOAs, developments and municipalities along the Austin–San Antonio corridor.
Detention pond maintenance keeps a basin working and inspection-ready: sediment and silt removal, mowing and vegetation control, clearing inlets, outlets and outfall structures, repairing erosion, and regrading as needed. We can also provide inspection documentation to support regulatory compliance.
Usually it can be improved a lot. Repeat washouts normally mean the channel is too smooth, too steep or unprotected at a specific point where flow concentrates. We rebuild the grade and armor the failing section with properly sized rock rather than patching the same gully each year. If the channel is undersized for what drains to it, that is a design question for an engineer.
By clearing the brush and woody growth upstream that produces the debris in the first place, and by digging the inlet back out before the season when it matters. Cedar limbs and gravel are the usual culprits here. A culvert that stays half full of gravel is doing a fraction of its job.
Yes. That is most of what we deal with west of the interstate. We use equipment suited to the grade, hand crews where a machine should not go, and erosion control materials that actually anchor in shallow rocky soil instead of sliding off.
It can be. Stormwater rules in Texas address sediment and pollutants leaving a site, and properties draining toward a reservoir tend to get more scrutiny. Keeping slopes vegetated and the forebay cleaned out is the practical way to stay out of that conversation.
Yes, and for properties out here that is often more valuable than a fixed calendar. We can hold a slot for post-storm checks on culverts, inlets and outlets so blockages get cleared before the next rain compounds the damage.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local Comal County crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
