Leaking Dam

The Right Way to Repair Your Leaking Dam

Do you have a leaking dam? Only two issues can cause a dam to lose water: Either you are losing volume through evaporation, seepage due to leaks in the dam’s base, or the dam wall. Unfortunately, there are several possible causes for the above, and almost all involve poor maintenance, planning, design, and dam construction.

If you are looking for a highly experienced, well-established, and widely renowned company to carry out your dam repair, you’ve come to the right place. With more than 20 years of professional industry experience and 320 dams in our portfolio, we are one of Australia’s foremost professional dam builders, applying proven permaculture principles to achieve the best outcomes for our customers.

What You Should Know About Leaking Dam Repair

There is a right and a wrong way to do things with everything in life. Dam repair is by no means a simple task because, in most instances, leakages occur due to poor design or mediocre construction in the first place. Fixing someone else’s mistakes is always harder than just doing it right from the outset.

• If your dam loses volume, it is essential to know how much water is at stake, which is the first step in determining the cause. Baseline measurements will help us determine the rate of loss and narrow down the reasons for it. Depending on your dam’s size, shape, depth, and location, we can determine whether you’re losing volume to evaporation or if we’re dealing with a more substantial problem that requires further investigation.
• The next step in determining the cause of the leak is a physical inspection. Our first point of order is always to inspect the dirt. In dirt dams, you can expect a certain level of seepage. Lower water losses point to a seepage problem, meaning that, in all probability, the wrong type of clay was used in the construction of the dam. While all dirt is porous, some are more suitable for dam building than others.
• Should the water losses be too substantial, chances are there’s a leak in either the dam wall or the base. This means your leaking dam repair just became more complicated – and likely, costly. Once we’ve determined the cause of the leak, we will advise you on the best and most cost-effective ways of doing the dam repair.

Why Choose Us for Your Dam Repair?

Our entire business is about dams, whether building or maintaining. When we say we’re highly experienced, we refer to the 321 dams built over the past 15 years and overseeing the building of some of the world’s biggest dams before that. When you choose Big Ditch dam Building Company, you choose Australia’s most experienced dam builders.

• We take pride in performing every step of the process correctly. We don’t take shortcuts because it always creates future problems.
• We are the only Australian dam builders that guarantee builds for ten years–that’s how confident we are in our knowledge.
• We are the only dam builders in Australia that charge fixed rates per megalitre and not per hour. We get paid for our work, not spending long days on site.

Australia’s Top Dam Company

When designing, building, repairing and maintaining dams, we’re the team to call for professional service of the highest standard.

Contact us today for more information.