My Drainage Nightmare

On May 5th of 2022 I was able to record just how fast and deep a 1/4 inch  shower can flow. The day before we had also had a 1/4 inch rain. …

By the fist week in June the crew is preparing to clean out what is now full culverts. Here are a few photos to show the erosion of the easement.…

https://youtu.be/IhDzUu_JgM0 The fist part of May. after the April showers, recorded the easement from Lot #58 and down steam.  https://youtu.be/…

Then the good rains hit in May of 2020.  Most of the fill is washed away over the next few weeks. All the fill at the dam is lifted up and taken …

April Shower started the destruction of the repairs made in February.  This the dam/ vertical drop that was filled in, after the first good rain.…

The Week of Feb. 24,2020, New Braunfels drainage department went to work on fixing the erosion in the ditch.  The crew went to work filling in th…

Each time it rains a little more dirt and rock are removed from the bottom of the ditch and more of the bank falls off into the ditch. These are from …

It was not until the wind knocked over the fence and we began planing the rebuilding of the fence did we find the incursion of the drainage ditch upon…