This perched aquifer was not a new phenomenon in the area - Hunt said it could be thousands, or tens of thousands of years old. The water then builds up and cannot move down, so it moves laterally. Springs and seeps were mapped as issuing from a perched aquifer.Ī perched aquifer occurs when water from the surface infiltrates a porous medium which sits on top of an impermeable material that water cannot go through. In 2001, after the property was annexed for development but before the homes were built, a geologist from the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD), Brian Hunt, assessed the property for an issue regarding a recharge zone.
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There is a significant gap between Paul’s home and driveway, and in the masonry work, there is a large crack from all the shifting. But his house has cracks all over, inside and out. Paul would live off of his 401K for a few years, then sell his two-story home and live in something more manageable. Just next door to the Fort home, their neighbor Paul also purchased this home as part of his retirement plan. The Forts are not alone in this situation, but their home is the most severe case. This alone has caused him power outage issues.Įven after pumping and watching the water dry up, as soon as the pump is turned off, the water resurfaces within the hour. The water drain, which was installed by the city, drains water over his lawn and onto the electric and cable box and into the street’s storm drain. When the pump is on, it creates a loud humming accompanied by a vibration. He decided to get a heavy-grade pump, which pumps 80 gallons of water a minute, or 4,800 gallons per hour. To help manage the problem, sump pumps were installed at the homes experiencing water issues, but James pumps so much water that he has gone through five sump pumps due to overuse. “That’s the key it’s not fixable,” he added. Recently, James began getting inquiries to sell his home, but once the situation is assessed, realtors call back and say “no way can we sell this home unless you fix it,” James said. It’s common sense, you don’t build over water, eventually it’s going to come back to haunt you.” Now do you know what my equity is? Goose egg.
“We bought the home for about $250,000, I put $100,000 down, so my equity is way up there,” James, the home’s original owner, said. Tape markings cling to the walls and ground to track the expansion of old cracks and mark the new ones.Īnd in one of the hottest housing markets, the Forts cannot sell their 13-year-old, two-story, stone cul de sac home. Doors inside the house no longer close properly, as they cannot fit inside their ever-moving frame. The granite stone in the kitchen has a traceable crack running through it. Photos cannot be hung on the mantle as the movement causes them to fall. “That’s what I’m afraid will happen here.” “Do you remember what happened to the condo in Florida,” James referenced the Surfside condominium collapse. Like a living and breathing being, the house shifts, moves and cracks.
Instead it has created a nightmare for James and Debra Fort, as they sleep and awaken to loud bangs and water-flood alarms. There is a house in Whispering Hollow in Buda that sits on ever-flowing spring water, which may sound like a goldmine for residents in Central Texas. The trees sprout long and high, a rose bush reaches the roof and the green beans grow strong. In this Texas home, the grass is always green, even though the lawn has not been watered since 2008.
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