Serving Greenville
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Greenville, SC
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
It rained moderately here and the river came up hard.
The mountains a short distance upstream receive considerably more from the same system than the city does, because the terrain forces the air up and wrings it out. So the rivers here respond to rainfall that nobody in town experienced. Following what fell on the escarpment, rather than what fell in the yard, is what makes the river's behavior predictable.
Why are the winter months the wet ones?
Frontal systems in winter bring long soaking rains here and they arrive when nothing is growing and nothing is drawing water out of the soil. So the heaviest monthly totals meet ground with the least room in it. Summer storms are more dramatic and do less, because the ground has capacity and the vegetation is working. Timing explains more than intensity here.
Nothing soaks in on this ground.
Piedmont clay and weathered rock take water slowly, so most of what lands has to be directed rather than absorbed. That sets the approach: roof water carried well clear and released where it can spread, the ground beside the wall falling away, and interception above the building on a sloping lot. Anything sold on the promise that this soil will accept water is worth being skeptical about.
This FAQ belongs to the Greenville page; it is repeated here.