Removal of trash, branches, sediment and unwanted vegetation that cut into a detention pond's drainage and storage capacity.
If you manage a detention pond anywhere in Manor, odds are good that construction runoff is the reason it needs attention. ShadowGlen, Whisper Valley and Stonewater are all still adding phases, and every graded lot and new street upstream sends sediment, trash and cleared brush straight into the nearest basin. Corral Bros Landscaping and Design cleans detention ponds across the Manor area so that storage capacity and drainage work the way the site was designed to perform.
The blackland clay under most of eastern Travis County does not drink water fast, so when a pond's outlet is partly blocked or its forebay has silted in, drawdown slows and you notice standing water for days after a normal storm. That same heavy clay and the mix of hard spring rain and stretches of dry heat push aggressive volunteer growth on pond slopes, cottonwood and hackberry seedlings especially, which take root fast on an embankment and start working into it if nobody pulls them. Older sections of these subdivisions also tend to show bare, eroded slopes where turf never fully established.
Working with us on this scope is simple. We walk the pond with you or your maintenance contact, identify what is actually cutting into storage and drainage, and give you a free, no-obligation estimate, usually scheduled within 48 hours. From there we clear brush and volunteer trees, pull unwanted vegetation, clean up surface sediment, remove trash and debris, and haul everything off site, done to the plan or alongside your property engineer where one is involved.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your Manor property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and detention pond cleaning that holds up to Travis County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We walk the pond with whoever manages the property, the association's maintenance contact, or the developer's rep if the site is still in build-out. We look at the forebay, the outlet structure, the slopes and the vegetation line, then give a free, no-obligation estimate, usually scheduled within 48 hours of your call. No engineering review is involved, just a straightforward look at what is blocking flow or storage.
Most basins in ShadowGlen, Whisper Valley and Stonewater need attention every year or two, more often in the first few years after construction while upstream lots are still bare dirt and sediment loads are heavy. A pond that is drawing down slowly after a storm, holding standing water past a day or two, or showing a silted-in forebay is telling you it is due.
We schedule around the property's normal activity and keep equipment and haul-away staging out of drive aisles and resident parking whenever the site layout allows it. For HOA and POA ponds that back up to common areas or trails, we coordinate timing with the board or management company so the work does not land on move-in days, leasing events, or other high-traffic periods.
The blackland clay out here does not drain fast, so sediment and organic debris settle hard into the forebay and bottom of the pond instead of washing through. Heavy spring and fall rain on that clay also pushes volunteer trees and brush up fast on embankments and outlet structures, which we clear as part of the vegetation removal scope before roots start working into the slope or the structure itself.
The main factors are the size of the pond, how much sediment has built up in the forebay and basin floor, the amount of brush and volunteer tree growth on the slopes, and how much material needs to be hauled off site. A pond on a finished, established site in Stonewater is usually a simpler job than one in a newer phase of ShadowGlen or Whisper Valley still seeing construction runoff.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
