Stormwater management systems, storm drain installation, culverts, and drainage solutions for Central New York. Serving Sodus and all of Wayne County.
Backwell provides professional storm drainage services in Sodus, Wayne County, and the surrounding area. Central New York gets serious precipitation, and poor drainage destroys properties. Backwell designs and installs stormwater management systems that handle the volume and protect your investment. From simple yard drainage and French drains to full storm sewer systems, culvert installations, and retention areas, we build drainage solutions that work in CNY conditions.
Based in Constantia, NY, we are local to Wayne County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your storm drainage project in Sodus, you get a crew that shows up on time with the right equipment and gets the job done. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Sodus lies in northern Wayne County a few miles inland from the Lake Ontario shoreline at Sodus Bay, on the Finger Lakes drumlin field's northern edge. Soils across the village and surrounding parcels are dominated by Sodus gravelly loam, the series named for the town, and Ontario loam on the drumlin flanks, with Canandaigua silty clay loam and Lyons silt loam in the low ground between drumlins.
Drainage flows north through short tributaries and First Creek to Sodus Bay and Lake Ontario. Commercial site work in Sodus regularly involves cobble-heavy trenching on the drumlin crests, seasonal high water tables on the clay-loam flats, and stormwater design that accounts for proximity to the Lake Ontario coastal zone. NYSDEC coastal erosion review can apply on shorefront parcels. Bedrock is deep across the village's buildable land. Frost depth and freeze-thaw cycling are tempered by the lake proximity but still push utility burial and pavement details on most commercial projects. Structural fill and enhanced stormwater detention are common requirements on commercial parcels, and subsurface investigation is routine on any shorefront project.