On May 17, 5:16 am, "John Grabowski" wrote:
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Hi,
We have a sump pit and pump in our basement. Because of the heavy
rains recently, we are getting water into the sump pit from the drain
tiles. The water is still coming into the pit, the pit fills up every
15minutes or so. The problem is, after reaching a particular level,
the water level does not raise anymore even though there is water
coming into it thru the pipe from drail tiles. It just stops at a
particular level. The sump pump is connected to the power source thru
floater. When we disconnect the floater and connect the sump pump
directly to the power and drain out the water in the pit and again
connect it to the floater power, the next time water level raises and
reaches a level where the floater kicks off the sump pump. The second
time onwards, the water level remains same no matter how much water
comes from the pipe connected to drain tiles. Where is this water
going? Why does not it raise to a level where the floater kicks off
the sump pump? The pit liner is perforated. Is the water going thru
these holes into the ground? If so, at some point it water level
should raise. But even after an hour of observation, the water level
does not raise. Please help us understand whats happening.
Thanks.

It sounds as though the water in the pit is leveling off at the level of the
ground water. Your water table is probably quite high right now. Be happy
that the water is not going higher. Is there any way to adjust the float
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Thanks for your reply. There is no way to adjust the float switch for
our pump. But because of the heavy rain recently, we had water into
our basement. Water was seeping thru the floor cracks and floor-wall
joints. Is it because of the ground water level raised at one point?
We are not sure if it is the surface water or the ground water. Thanks.