Detention pond construction and maintenance, subsurface stormwater controls and pond water-quality management across Central Texas.
Lockhart runs on heavy black clay, which is the hardest soil to keep a pond slope stable in. It swells when wet and cracks wide open in a dry August, and mowing equipment on a soft slope leaves ruts that become gullies. The town has older commercial basins around downtown and the highways, plus newer ones going in along the 130 corridor as industrial and distribution sites arrive.
Clay basins hold water longer than people expect, so we start by figuring out whether a pond is slow because of the soil or because the outlet is partly blocked. Then the structure gets cleaned, the muck that has built up on the bottom comes out, slope damage gets repaired and reseeded. Mowing is timed to ground conditions, so our equipment is not the reason a slope gets chewed up.
For Lockhart owners and the firms managing their property, we put together a year-round schedule that fits what the site actually needs, and we keep notes and photos for your file. When something looks like more than maintenance, we say so and coordinate with your civil engineer. Call (737) 404-9343 for a free on-site assessment of your basin and site drainage.
We walk your Lockhart property and assess the site.
An itemized estimate with no surprises.
Tidy local crews and modern equipment.
Results made for Caldwell 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.
Black clay drains slowly on its own, and the fine material stays suspended a long time. That said, a basin holding water for days usually also has a restricted outlet, a silted low flow pipe or a bottom that has filled in. We check the structure first, because clearing it is cheap and often solves most of it.
Ruts concentrate flow and turn into erosion channels, and deep cracking lets water into the embankment. Both are worth repairing before they reach the berm or the structure. We regrade, compact and reestablish turf, and we adjust our mowing schedule so it does not happen again.
Yes. New industrial and distribution sites there have large basins, long channels and a lot of catch basins, which is work we are set up for. During construction phases we usually recommend more frequent forebay cleaning, then a lighter schedule once the site stabilizes.
The owner is typically responsible for having it inspected and maintained, and the city or county may inspect it as well or request records. Texas municipalities and TCEQ regulate stormwater broadly, and enforcement letters do get sent when a facility is clearly not functioning. Keeping dated maintenance records is the simplest protection.
Yes. We are a licensed landscaping contractor as well as a pond contractor, so one crew can handle turf, slopes, the basin itself and the storm drains. It avoids the common problem of a landscape crew blowing clippings into a basin that another contractor then has to clean out.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local Caldwell County crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
