Yard & Landscape Drainage in Temecula

Yard & Landscape Drainage questions from Temecula customers

What causes standing water that lasts for days after a storm?

Usually one of three things: a low spot with no path out, a blocked or missing drainage route, or ground that stops accepting water at depth. Telling them apart decides the fix — surface collection, regrading, or a subsurface drain.

What is a catch basin, and when do I need one?

A catch basin is a collection box set at a low point and tied by pipe to an outlet. It is the right tool when a fixed low spot — a sunken lawn panel, a patio edge — holds water that cannot be graded away, and there is an outlet with fall to carry it to.

Can I just send yard water into a dry well?

Only where the ground accepts water at a useful rate, which much of the clay-soil ground here does not. Where it does not, a sealed pit fills and holds water; the working answer is to convey the water to a lower outlet instead.

Where is yard water supposed to drain to?

On most graded lots, from the yard through the side yard to the street, or to another approved drainage way. A fix that ignores where the water is finally allowed to go tends to move the puddle rather than remove it.