Removal of trash, branches, sediment and unwanted vegetation that cut into a detention pond's drainage and storage capacity.
San Antonio's detention ponds range from decades-old basins tucked into Alamo Heights lots to the fresh, raw-slope ponds going in behind new Stone Oak and Shavano Park developments, and the age gap shows up fast in how each one holds water.
Caliche-heavy soil and limestone shelves do not drain the way engineers on paper assume they will. A hard rain after weeks of dry weather sends sediment and grit straight into the forebay, where it settles and shrinks the pond's working capacity year over year. Add in volunteer trees and brush that take root on the embankment once nobody's mowed it in a season, a trash rack or outlet structure half buried in silt, and you get the slow drawdown that shows up on an inspection report or, worse, during the next big storm when the pond simply does not empty fast enough.
Call Corral Bros and we walk the pond with you before anything happens, usually within 48 hours, and give you a straight estimate with no obligation attached. We clear trash and debris, cut back brush and volunteer growth, clean up surface sediment, and haul everything off site. We work to the pond's existing design, alongside your engineer where one is involved, and we coordinate around tenants, residents and parking so the work gets done without turning into a disruption for the property.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your San Antonio property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and detention pond cleaning that holds up to Bexar County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We come out to the property, walk the pond with you or your site contact, and look at the forebay, the embankment, the outlet structure and the vegetation line. From that we put together a written no-obligation estimate, usually scheduled within 48 hours of your call. There is no charge for the walk, and you decide from there whether to move forward.
It depends on the pond's age, its drainage area and how much bare soil feeds into it, but many Bexar County basins need attention annually, with older or heavily wooded sites sometimes needing a mid-year pass. The usual trigger is visible sediment buildup in the forebay, slow drawdown after a storm, or brush and volunteer trees taking hold on the slopes.
We schedule the work around your property's traffic patterns and coordinate with your manager or board ahead of time on access, staging and any areas that need to stay clear. On apartment, retail and HOA sites we keep equipment and debris staging away from parking and walkways as much as the site allows, and we communicate timing so residents and tenants are not caught off guard.
Caliche and limestone shelves limit how fast water actually moves through a basin, so sediment that would wash through in sandier soil tends to settle and stay put here, especially in the forebay. Long dry stretches followed by heavy rain also push a lot of grit and debris into the pond at once, which is why outlet structures and low spots need regular clearing rather than a once-and-done cleanout.
The main factors are how much sediment has built up, how overgrown the embankment and slopes have gotten, the size of the pond and how much material needs to be hauled away. A pond that has gone a few years without attention, or one with established brush and volunteer trees on the banks, takes more labor than a basin that gets cleared on a regular schedule.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
