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Default Sump pump Question - No more water?

Chris (SilverUnicorn) wrote:
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...home built in 2000. ...sump pump. It used to run constantly. ...

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That was installed in July. Since then, we have had NO water in the
sump pit ...
Could the old pump have been so bad that it was just pumping the same
water over an over like the check valve was bad? I know it was a lower
model pump, but I can't imagine it was that bad.

Or did someone build miles away that changed the water table so we
don't get any water in the pit anymore?

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I'd guess you're in an area that has been undergoing longer term drought
conditions and the water table has dropped since 2000 w/ the occasional
rains as yet simply not enough to recharge it to the point you're
getting infiltration again.

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