Inspection, cleaning and maintenance of stormwater best management practices, from ponds and swales to filters and underground structures.
If you manage a pond, swale or underground stormwater structure in Lago Vista, you are the one who answers when it stops draining right or the county or your engineer flags it during an inspection. Stormwater BMP maintenance is how Corral Bros keeps that system working and keeps you off the hook for a problem nobody caught early.
The ground here does not make it easy. Highland Lake Estates and Bar-K Ranches sit on rocky, thin-soil hillsides running down toward Lake Travis, and that terrain shows up in the basin fast. We find silted-in forebays where runoff has nowhere to slow down, bare embankments where the soil never held grass, volunteer cedar and hackberry seedlings rooting into a dam face, and outlet structures choked with the gravel and leaf litter that wash off a steep lot after a hard rain. Slow drawdown after a storm is usually the first sign something upstream needs attention.
Working with us starts with a walk of the system, not a sales pitch. We tell you what we see, what needs attention now and what can wait a season, then handle the pond, swale, filter or underground structure work on a schedule that fits your property. You get compliance-ready documentation for your board, your engineer or your file, and a contractor who already knows what Lake Travis hillside lots do to a basin.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your Lago Vista property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and stormwater bmp maintenance that holds up to Travis County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We schedule a free on-site visit, usually within 48 hours of your call, and walk the pond, swale or structure with you or your maintenance contact. On rocky Lake Travis lots we check the outlet structure, the forebay and any slope that drains toward the water. You get a straightforward scope and price before anything is scheduled.
Most associations and property managers schedule a full inspection and cleaning once or twice a year, with a closer look after heavy spring storms. Thin soil and steep hillside lots here silt in faster than flatter sites, so a pond that looked fine last fall can have a blocked forebay by June. We will tell you honestly if it can wait.
We stage equipment to keep access open and work around community traffic, trash pickup and resident parking whenever the site allows it. Most swale and pond work happens without closing a drive aisle or guest spot for more than a short window. We coordinate timing with the board or property manager ahead of the visit.
Thin, rocky soil over the hillside lots around Bar-K Ranches and Point Venture does not hold an embankment the way deeper soil does, so bare slopes erode fast and volunteer trees take root in dam faces if nobody pulls them. Lake Travis lots also sit far from town water, which changes how a slope reseeds after we clear it. We account for both when we scope the work.
Access is the biggest factor, since a lot of lakeside slopes mean we cannot always get equipment close to the forebay or outlet. Sediment depth matters too, especially on older Highland Lake Estates ponds that have not been cleaned in a few years. Underground structures and filtration units with separators add time versus an open pond or swale.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
