Inspection, cleaning and maintenance of stormwater best management practices, from ponds and swales to filters and underground structures.
Schertz gets the kind of storms that build fast over the I-35 corridor and dump an inch or more in under an hour, then disappear and leave the sun to bake everything that didn't drain. That cycle is what brings most calls about stormwater BMP maintenance in Schertz, whether the property is a retention pond behind a retail center or a chain of swales running through a residential section.
The blackland clay under most of Schertz, Ashley Park and The Crossvine swells when it is wet and cracks hard when it dries, and that movement works on everything built into it. We find slumped slopes where the clay has shifted, forebays packed with silt from new construction runoff upstream, outlet structures half blocked by debris after a hard rain, and volunteer trees taking root on embankments that are supposed to stay clear. Newer master-planned sections often show problems earlier than older ones, simply because so much ground nearby is still being graded and built.
Working with Corral Bros means we come out, walk the system against the plan on file, and tell you straight what shape it is in. We handle the pond, swale and basin work, clean out filtration and separator units, service underground structures, and check drainage control points, with documentation put together so it is ready if the county or your engineer asks for it. You get one contractor for the whole system instead of juggling separate crews for ponds, filters and pipes.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your Schertz property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and stormwater bmp maintenance that holds up to Guadalupe County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We walk the pond, swales or underground structures with you or your engineer's plan in hand and look at inlets, outlets, forebays and slopes before writing anything up. Most estimates in Schertz get scheduled within 48 hours of your call. You get a clear look at what we found before any work starts, no pressure to sign on the spot.
It depends on age and grading, but newer master-planned sections with fresh construction runoff often need a first cleanout sooner than the schedule in the maintenance plan assumes. A slow-draining pond, a silted forebay, or sediment tracked in from nearby lots under construction are the usual triggers. We check condition against the plan and tell you plainly if it can wait another season.
Yes. We schedule around pool hours, leasing office traffic, resident parking and retail customer flow, and we coordinate access with property management or the board ahead of time. Most pond and swale work happens from the perimeter or a service easement, so day-to-day traffic on site is rarely disrupted.
The blackland clay here swells and cracks with the wet-dry cycle, which slumps embankment slopes and opens gaps around outlet structures faster than sandier soils would. Add the heavy, fast I-35 corridor downpours and you get silted forebays, volunteer trees taking root on banks, and outlet pipes choked with debris within a couple of growing seasons.
Sediment volume in the forebay, how overgrown the slopes and emergency spillway have gotten, access for equipment, and whether underground structures or separators need confined-space cleaning all factor in. A pond that has gone a few years without attention costs more to bring current than one on a regular schedule, which is part of why we price after the walk, not before it.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
