Serving Sandy Springs
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Sandy Springs, GA
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 rose without any rain.
That is a release from the dam upstream rather than anything the weather did. Levels here are set largely by generation and management decisions, so the river can come up on a clear day and drop while it is raining. The operating schedule is published, and it explains far more than a local forecast does.
The house is well above the river on a wooded slope.
Then the river is probably not the mechanism, and the slope is. A basement cut into a hillside retains wet ground on its uphill side, and every storm on the land above arrives against that wall. Most water problems on these lots are slope drainage rather than anything the river does.
March is worse than the summer storms.
Summer cells are more intense but land on clay that has been drying for weeks and can absorb a fair amount. By March the ground has been wet since November with almost no evaporation, so there is no capacity left and nearly all of five inches runs off. Ground condition rather than storm size decides it.
Open the Sandy Springs FAQ beside the housing and climate notes.