Serving Hobbs
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Hobbs, NM
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 water has nowhere to go and just sits.
That is an accurate description of the local hydrology rather than a complaint. There is no channel and effectively no gradient here, so runoff collects in whatever shallow depression is nearest and leaves only by soaking in slowly or evaporating, which takes weeks. Drainage work only helps if there is somewhere lower for the water to go, and often there is not. The practical approach is keeping the standing water away from the building rather than trying to remove it.
Does the oilfield infrastructure around us affect drainage?
It can, and it is worth looking at. Graded caliche pads and access roads shed water efficiently, which is their purpose, and that runoff has to go somewhere on ground that has no channel. A pad or a road built up across a natural low spot can also redirect where water accumulates. Where a property has started flooding without any change on the lot itself, what has been built nearby is worth examining.
What actually protects a slab house here?
Elevation and a perimeter that sheds. Since water accumulates rather than flowing past, the useful measures are having the finished floor sit meaningfully above the surrounding ground, keeping the grade immediately around the house falling away, and making sure no bed or patio has been built up against the wall. None of it is dramatic, and on ground with no outlet it is essentially the whole toolkit.
These questions come from the Hobbs page.