Detention pond construction and maintenance, subsurface stormwater controls and pond water-quality management across Central Texas.
New Braunfels has both problems at once. There are commercial basins off I-35 and the older business corridors carrying twenty years of accumulated sediment, and there are new regional detention ponds behind subdivisions and retail that nobody has maintained yet. Between the Comal and the Guadalupe, what leaves a site here reaches a river quickly, and the limestone on the west side of town moves water fast.
Old ponds mostly need their depth back: survey, sediment removal, haul-off, then slope repair where years of mowing on wet ground have cut ruts. New ponds need grass, clean inlets and a working outlet. Both need the emergency spillway kept clear and the trash rack free of debris. We mow on a cycle that keeps cattails and willow seedlings from establishing in the bottom in the first place.
Property managers in New Braunfels can hand us the whole drainage system or just the part their landscaper will not touch. We are a licensed landscaping contractor and a pond contractor, so slope mowing and in-pond work come from the same crew. Tell us what the last inspection said and we will start there. Call (737) 404-9343 and we will look at your pond for free.
We walk your New Braunfels 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.
You compare the current bottom elevation to the design on the approved drainage plan. We shoot depths across the basin and look at the flow line to the outlet, which tells you how much storage you have left. Standing water, a shallow-looking bottom and cattails spreading are all signs worth checking.
Yes, and it is worth doing early. Cattails trap sediment, slow drainage and spread fast once they have a wet bottom to work with. Removal involves cutting and pulling the growth plus addressing why the basin is staying wet, which is usually a restricted outlet or accumulated silt.
Both. This is our commercial line, so retail centers, office and medical buildings, apartment properties, hotels, schools and HOA common areas all fall under it. The work and the documentation are the same, only the scale and the scheduling change.
Typically slope and bottom mowing, trash and debris removal, clearing the inlets, outlet structure and trash rack, and a walk of the embankment and spillway looking for erosion or burrowing. We note anything changing since the last visit and send photos. Sediment removal is scheduled separately when measurements call for it.
It raises the stakes on sediment leaving the site, which means forebay cleaning and slope stabilization matter more than they would on an inland site. We keep material contained during the work and haul it off. It also means we are careful about what gets used near the water on the property.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local Comal County crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
