Serving Kissimmee
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Kissimmee, FL
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 lake is higher in autumn than in spring.
That is deliberate. These lakes are drawn down ahead of the wet season to create room and allowed to fill through it, on a schedule published in advance. For a lakefront property it means the relevant level is the wet-season one rather than an average, and it means the number to watch is the published stage rather than the rain gauge in the yard.
It rained twenty miles away and the level here came up.
The lakes are connected in a chain, so water moves through in stages and a rise upstream arrives here later with nothing much having fallen locally. That lag catches people out every year. Following the chain's published levels, rather than the local weather, gives a much better sense of what the water is about to do.
May and October are the same rain and not the same result.
Because of what is already in the ground and in the lakes. Early in the wet season the sand has unsaturated depth beneath it and the lakes sit low, so an afternoon storm disappears. By October the profile is full and the chain is at its seasonal level, and the identical storm has nowhere to go. The rain did not change; the room in front of it did.
The Kissimmee overview carries this FAQ with the city research.