Serving Round Lake
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Round Lake, IL
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
What is a kettle lake?
A depression left where a block of buried ice melted out after the glaciers retreated, filling with water afterward. They are holes rather than parts of a stream system, so most have no inflow or outflow and their level simply reflects the surrounding groundwater. That is why they rise together across the area and stay up for years at a time.
Dig two feet down and you reach water.
Across much of this ground it is, which is a direct consequence of the same glacial landscape that produced the lakes. Basements dug into it are close to permanent groundwater rather than well above it. That is a siting condition rather than a construction fault, and it does not improve over time.
The subdivision is recent, so the drainage should be modern.
The engineering is modern and the ground is not accommodating. Recent design manages runoff from roofs and streets well, but it cannot lower a regional water table or give a closed basin an outlet it never had. Modern standards address the part of the problem that is about the development.
These questions come from the Round Lake page.