Inspection, cleaning and maintenance of stormwater best management practices, from ponds and swales to filters and underground structures.
Liberty Hill is still filling in. Santa Rita Ranch, Rancho Sienna, and Stonewall are young developments on former ranchland, and their stormwater ponds, swales, and underground structures are only a few years old at most, which means they are still settling into the job they were built to do. Corral Bros handles stormwater BMP maintenance for the property managers, HOA boards, and developers responsible for keeping those systems working the way the original plans intended.
Thin soil over limestone does not slow water down much, so a hard rain off Williamson County's open hills moves fast and carries dirt with it. We see forebays that filled with sediment faster than expected, outlet structures choked with grass clippings and construction debris, and embankments where bare slopes from the original grading never fully established and are now growing volunteer cedar and mesquite. Drawdown that should take a day or two sometimes stretches to a week because an outlet is partially blocked and nobody noticed until the next storm backed water up into the street.
Working with us starts with a walk of the site, not a guess from a map. We look at what is actually happening in your forebay, your slopes, and your structures, tell you plainly what we found, and scope the cleaning and maintenance the system needs. Whether you are an HOA board inheriting a pond from a developer or a property manager closing out punch-list items with a general contractor, you get a straightforward look at the condition of the system and a plan to keep it functioning.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your Liberty Hill property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and stormwater bmp maintenance that holds up to Williamson 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 whoever manages the property. We check the forebay, outlet structure, and side slopes, note sediment depth and any blocked drainage, and give you a scope based on what the system actually needs, not a flat package price.
Most newer master-planned sections need a full inspection and cleaning at least once a year, with a closer look after any heavy rain event since these ponds are still settling in. Ponds built in the last few years often need more attention early on as bare slopes establish and construction sediment works its way downstream.
Yes. On HOA and POA properties we schedule around community events and typical traffic patterns, and on commercial sites we coordinate with property management to avoid blocking tenant parking or access points. Most pond and swale work happens from the perimeter, so day-to-day activity on the property is not disrupted.
Thin ranch soil over limestone does not absorb water the way deeper soil does, so runoff moves fast and carries sediment straight into the nearest basin. That shows up as a silted forebay, slow drawdown after storms, and volunteer trees or brush taking root on embankments that were graded smooth when the development was built.
Sediment volume is the biggest factor, since a forebay that has not been cleaned in a year or two takes more time and equipment than routine upkeep. Access also matters on wide-open acreage sites where equipment has to travel farther, and whether the scope includes underground structures or filtration units in addition to open ponds and swales.
Yes, compliance-ready documentation is part of the scope. We work alongside your property engineer's plan where one exists and provide records that support your association's or ownership's compliance needs.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
