Serving New Britain
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in New Britain, CT
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 city sits on a ridge rather than in a valley.
It does, which means it is at the top of its own catchments rather than downstream of anyone, and there is no river to flood. That is mostly an advantage. What it costs is that everything which lands here starts a stream, so the small channels leaving the city respond within the hour with no warning.
The reservoirs above the city are held for water supply.
They are, which means their levels are managed for supply first and everything else second, and they offer little spare storage when a large rain arrives. They are also old structures. The state register of dams records what exists and who holds it, and that is the right place to start with any question about one.
The city was built out around one industry in a few decades.
It was, which left housing, grading and drainage on whole streets dating from a single period and laid to one specification. They reach the ends of their lives together rather than one at a time, so a whole block can need the same work inside a year. A neighbor's repair is a fair forecast for the rest.
These questions come from the New Britain page.