About a month ago my basement had water due to the week long rain in
the Northeast in mid-October. Since then I've been trying to educate
myself with the water table in my area.
The previous owner of my house use to have a shallow well pump in the
basement. The pump is gone, but the 2" galvanized pipe is still in the
ground, sticking up about 3" above the basement floor. If you look
inside and measure, the water is 23" below my basement floor. Just to
be sure this was not "trapped water", I used my shop vac to suck out as
much water as I can in the pipe, but within minutes the water level
rose again. So I'm assuming this is the water table. It has been a
constant 23" for the past 2 weeks. I am assuming this is what it is
normally since we had little or no rain recently.
So my question is should I be concerned? Is this normal for the water
to be just 23" below the basement floor? I live in a 45 year old
split-level. I don't know if its been like this since the house was
built or if the water table changed over the years. Any input
appreciated. Thanks.