Stormwater Pond & BMP Maintenance
If your site drains to a wet pond, a dry detention basin or another stormwater control, someone has to keep it working between inspections. We do that maintenance for the commercial and industrial sites where we already handle the grounds.
The site visit and written estimate are free.
- Commercial and industrial sites only
- 1 ac+
- Duke Seiler's years in site work and concrete
- 26 yrs
- Visit schedule and estimate, before we start
- Written
What We Maintain
Stormwater controls go by different names: retention ponds, detention basins, best management practices (BMPs) in South Carolina and stormwater control measures (SCMs) in North Carolina. The maintenance is the same physical work.
Your engineer or qualified inspector does the inspection. We do the work it calls for.
- Mowing basin bottoms and berms. Dry basins, embankments, side slopes and access paths, kept mowed so woody growth can't take hold.
- Sediment and debris removal. Trash, limbs and silt pulled from inlets, forebays, pipes and the pond edge.
- Outlet and riser clearing. Trash racks, orifices, risers and the emergency spillway kept clear, so water leaves the pond the way it was designed to.
- Vegetation control. Saplings and brush kept off embankments, and overgrowth cut back around wet ponds.
- Erosion and berm repair. Rills on side slopes, slumping banks, animal burrows in the embankment and washed-out riprap at the outlet, repaired and stabilized with seed or stone.
A Year of Pond Maintenance
Every Grounds Visit
Walk the pond. Pick up trash at the inlets and outlet. Note new erosion, standing water in a dry basin or a blocked trash rack.
Growing Season
Mow berms, side slopes and dry basin bottoms on the schedule your plan sets, and keep overgrowth cut back around wet ponds.
Before Your Inspection
Clear and mow so your inspector can see the structure.
After Your Inspection
Do the work the report calls for, priced in writing for your approval.
Dormant Season
Cut woody growth off the embankment, remove sediment while the ground is firm, repair berms and reseed.
The inspection isn't ours. The maintenance is.
Stormwater rules in North Carolina and South Carolina make the property owner responsible for keeping a stormwater control working. Where an inspection is required, often every year, a qualified professional does it. Your site's recorded maintenance agreement or plan says what applies to your pond.
The maintenance happens between inspections. We work from your maintenance plan and your last inspection report, do the work they call for and coordinate with your engineer.
For the basics of routine pond upkeep, see our retention pond guide.
The crew already on your site.
A pond is easy to forget when it needs its own vendor. With P1, it doesn't.
- The same crew. The crew that mows your site mows the berms and checks the outlet on the same visit.
- One account manager. Mike Dickerman handles your grounds and your ponds.
- Repairs from the same company. When a berm slumps or a pipe outfall washes out, we repair it. Drainage repair and land clearing for overgrown basins come from the same company.
Also available: farm and ornamental pond work.
How We Work
- We maintain. We don't inspect or certify. We don't sign inspection reports or certify that a pond meets its design. That stays with your engineer or qualified inspector, and we coordinate with them.
- Design changes go to your engineer. Any repair that changes the outlet structure, the embankment or how the pond holds and releases water is designed by your engineer. We build what they specify.
- Site visit and written estimate. We start from your maintenance plan and last inspection report, if you have them.
- Size and insurance. Commercial and industrial sites of an acre or more. Fully insured, with a certificate of insurance on request.
Stormwater Pond Questions
Do you inspect or certify our pond?
No. Your engineer or a qualified inspector does the inspection and signs the report. We do the maintenance it calls for and coordinate with your inspector when you want us to.
What's the difference between a retention pond and a detention pond?
A retention pond, or wet pond, holds a permanent pool of water. A detention basin, or dry pond, holds stormwater for a while and then drains down. Both need mowing, outlet clearing and sediment removal, and we follow the plan for your structure.
Can you do the work listed on our inspection report?
Yes. Send us the report. We'll walk the pond, price each item in writing and schedule the work.
Our pond hasn't been maintained in years. Can you catch it up?
Yes. We start with a catch-up visit: clearing woody growth, opening the outlet, removing debris and repairing erosion. Then the pond goes on your regular schedule. Where trees have grown on the embankment, we'll ask your engineer how to remove them without weakening it.
Can pond maintenance be part of our grounds maintenance contract?
Yes, and that's how we recommend running it. Routine pond tasks go on the same visit schedule as the grounds. Repairs are priced separately for your approval.
Often Paired with Pond Maintenance
Commercial Landscaping & Grounds MaintenanceMowing, trimming, beds, pruning, turf and open-acreage mowing on a written visit schedule.Learn More →
Drainage RepairPonding in the lot, silted swales, blocked culverts and washouts.Learn More →
Land Clearing & MulchingOvergrown lots, buffers, fence lines and right-of-way, then kept maintained.Learn More →Explore More With P1
Related Site Services
Pond maintenance often goes with drainage repairs, clearing and regular grounds maintenance.
Send us your last inspection report.
We'll walk the pond with you, price the work it calls for, and add the routine maintenance to your grounds visits. The site visit and written estimate are free.