Serving Bangor
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Bangor, ME
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 channel froze and then the water climbed with no rain.
Broken ice is nearly always behind it. A thaw fractures the sheet, the fragments travel down and wedge where the channel tightens, and the level behind builds against that obstruction rapidly. No rainfall need be involved and the release can be equally sudden. High water in winter offers far less notice here than anything in spring does.
The river here is tidal. Does that reach this far up?
It does, for the low ground beside it. The tide moves the level twice a day irrespective of the weather, and a high tide arriving alongside a high flow produces more than either would alone. Most of the city sits well clear of that. Knowing which of the two situations a property is in is worth the trouble.
The city is as far up the river as ships could once come.
It is, which is why it is here at all, and it means the river is tidal to this point and no further. Anything discharging into it below the head of tide stops discharging for a few hours around each high water, on a cycle unrelated to the weather. Above that point it is a river and nothing else.
The Bangor overview carries this FAQ with the city research.