On May 8, 8:06*pm, kokopele53 wrote:
1952 house with dry well at the bottom of outside stairwell to (below
grade)basement entrance. Stairwell is level with basement floor. Dry
well has failed, rain water from gutters backs up into basement. Old
sink basement drains to dry well. Sewer line runs across basement
ceiling, not below grade. Plumber suggested installing sump pump in
basement floor, connecting dry well pipe to sump pump - dry well water
and sink water into sewer. I've read local code and doesn't allow ground
water to be pumped into sewer. Plumber says it's ok since ground water
is coming into basement. (currently most comes under basement door,
which I want to stop).
Suggestions?

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kokopele53

Is the failure something new, or has it been this way forever, or at
least a couple of years? If it is something new, you should be able
to dig down in the dry well and find out what has suddenly gone
wrong. Is there a gravel pit that has gradually become clogged, or is
there a line from the dry well to somewhere else on the property?
Fixing the problem rahther than just pumping the water out to the
storm sewer or regular sewer would be the better solution.