Serving Provo
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Provo, UT
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
This ought to drain and it does the opposite.
Fine lake sediment behaves nothing like sand even where it looks similar. The particles are small enough that water moves through them extremely slowly, so a hole dug in it fills and stays full and a drain laid in it gathers far less than the same drain would in coarser ground. Timing how fast a test pit actually empties should decide any drainage design here.
Bench or valley floor: does it change the answer?
Entirely. On the bench the water travels sideways along a buried layer and emerges on a face, and the work is interception above a building. On the lake floor it arrives from beneath through fine soil that will not drain, and the work is a sealed floor with a pump. Applying one remedy to the other situation is the most common waste of money here.
The lake has stood higher for several years running.
Its level follows multi-year cycles rather than single seasons, and it is managed for water rights on top of that, so a wet run raises it and it stays raised until a dry run brings it back. Ground that was comfortably clear of it through a dry decade can be marginal in a wet one, which is what catches owners on the low ground.
These questions come from the Provo page.