In article s.com, "EXT" wrote:

The disaster is the water is just running in circles, with possibly some
going elswhere, and the bulk returning through the foundation drainage. In a
major storm, which happens more often now than before, the pump will not be
able to accommodate the volume of water if most of it simple runs back into
the sump. The result will be a flood, maybe small, possibly major.

The disaster waiting to happen isn't just that -- it's also the fact that the
pump is running far more than it should, and may give out without warning,
leaving him with *no* pump, when even a modest rainfall could leave him with a
flooded basement. Hence my earlier advice to get a backup pump.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.