Serving Watertown
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Watertown, SD
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 lakes have been higher for several years running.
Levels here reflect an accumulation across seasons rather than any single storm, so a run of wetter years lifts them beyond anything in recent memory and they then stay up. That changes what the ground between them does for a long period rather than for a weekend, and it is worth treating as a multi-year condition rather than an event to be waited out.
The melt does more damage than any storm.
It generally does, because it releases a winter of snow across a fortnight onto ground frozen several feet down that can accept none of it. Rain arriving during that window makes it considerably worse by adding to the melt rather than replacing it. Late March is the season to prepare for, and the preparation is a working pump with a discharge clear of ice.
The pump sounds fine and the water is not moving.
Look at where the water is meant to come out before looking at the pump. A discharge running at or near the surface freezes solid in a cold snap, and the machine then works against a sealed pipe, sounding entirely normal while achieving nothing. It is the commonest winter failure here and the cheapest to design out, by burying the run or lifting it away for the season.
The same questions, in context, on the Watertown mold removal page.