Serving Slidell
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Slidell, LA
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 is between the lake and a very large area of swamp.
It is, and that limits every direction water could go. The swamp holds rather than passes, the lake rises with a surge from the coast, and the ground between them has almost no fall. What that produces is duration rather than depth: water arrives and then stays, which is a different problem from a flood that passes.
The water came from the lake and there was no rain.
A lake that size responds to a sustained wind by piling up at the downwind end, and the difference between one end and the other can be considerable. It involves no rainfall and can happen under a clear sky. Wind direction and duration are what predict it, and they are worth following separately from any rainfall forecast.
The lake beside the city is really a bay open to the gulf.
It is, connected at both ends, so a surge pushed in from the coast raises it rather than the lake generating anything of its own. That is why the level here answers to a storm a long way offshore. The forecast worth watching is the surge one rather than the rainfall for the local sky.
Open the Slidell FAQ beside the housing and climate notes.