NANFA-- Outdoor pond using water from sump pump

Sajjad Lateef (sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:48:38 -0800 (PST)

Hi all,

A friend at work has a peculiar problem. He lives in an
area with lots of ground water. His sump pump runs every
10 minutes or so. During the winter, the water from the
sump pump does two things - it puddles in the middle of
lawn forming a patch of ice killing the grass or the
pipes freeze leading to a danger of sump pump failure.
His community does not allow dumping of the sump pump
water into the sewer system.

So, he would like to build a outdoor pond of some kind
which will accept the water from the sump pump and
provide some kind of retention system.

The main concerns are if the sump pump water is bad for
the fish and what is to be done if the pond overflows
from the accumulated water. His lawn is watered by the
sump discharge without harm, so it shouldn't be that bad
quality water.

Any comments on ideas to utilize the sump pump discharge?

Thanks
Sajjad

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