Serving Wichita Falls
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Wichita Falls, TX
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 has been dry here for two years.
Which does not reduce the risk and in some ways sharpens it. Long drought opens deep cracks in the clay and bakes the surface hard, so when heavy rain finally arrives it either runs straight off the sealed surface or goes directly down the cracks to depth. The transition out of a dry spell is the dangerous part.
Twenty-eight inches a year is not much rain.
The annual figure is a poor description of any actual day here. A large share arrives in a few systems, and this part of the state has recorded some very large single-storm totals. Drainage is tested by those events rather than by an average that no year much resembles.
The ground is completely flat.
It is, and that removes the mechanism that normally takes water away. With almost no gradient there is nowhere lower for it to go, so it spreads across the surface and stays until it soaks in or evaporates. On clay that has just sealed itself, the first of those is barely available.
Open the Wichita Falls FAQ beside the housing and climate notes.