Serving Victorville
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Victorville, CA
Basement seepage, failed sumps, and hydrostatic pressure against the foundation are extracted and dried, and the path from the ground is identified so the loss does not repeat. Groundwater and basement seepage are extracted and dried only after the path from the soil is identified — a wall, a slab, a drain, or a failed sump. Drying the interior without stopping that path returns the same water to the same floor.
Frequently asked questions
The river is dry sand. Is it a river at all?
It is, and it flows beneath the sand for most of its length rather than on top of it. What that means practically is that the channel is a real watercourse with a real flood history even though it is walkable in August. The events come from storms over the mountains upstream rather than from rain here. Anything in the channel, or on the bank of it, is in a floodway rather than on open ground.
It flooded here and it did not rain here.
That is the normal sequence. A system stalling against the mountains upstream delivers a great deal of water into a channel that carries it many miles out into the desert, and it arrives under a clear sky. Watching the local forecast tells you very little. For anything near the channel, the weather over the mountains is the thing to follow.
Under six inches a year. What is there to prepare for?
One hour rather than one year. The annual figure describes a climate; the damage comes from a single storm putting a large fraction of it onto ground that absorbs essentially nothing. Beyond that, in a place this dry nearly all the water that gets into a building comes from inside it: a supply line, a water heater, an appliance hose. Those are where the attention pays.
The Victorville overview carries this FAQ with the city research.