Sometimes its a losing battle with the water table so high. Even with a
sump pump it cant keep up sometimes. Water will just go back in. I know
a lot of people here on Long Island that had pumps running constantly
during the flood and it did not help.
Then again water tables can be so irregular. I got an inch of water in
my basement, and yet my neighbor down the block whose house sits lower
than mine diod not see a drop of water in his basement.
Go figure.