Alexander Dobert
Member
Hello. I have a friend who lives in a low lying area and has two sump pumps and one of them is running constantly. More accurately, water is enter the basin constantly. It is from one black corrugated pipe. It's a slow trickle of clear water that looks as though it's coming straight from their water pipe as it's not dirty or cloudy at all. But his water meter does not move and his monthly bill is normal. My worry is that the pump is working harder than it should as it is running every 10 minutes or so and also there is a far greater danger of flooding if the electricity goes out since that water does not stop. Has anyone seen something like this? Could it be coming from the main before it hits the meter? Could there be some sort of underwater source that the pipe is drawing from? Any ideas on what we could check to try and diagnose? The attached image shows the relative location of the two sumps and the direction of the pipes that are coming into the basin with the issue. Any advice or insight is greatly appreciated! Thanks.