Travis
Sajjad Lateef wrote:
>
> 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
>
> =====
> --
> Sajjad Lateef
> sajjad_at_acm.org
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