OT..Water Powered Sump Pumps?

Cmore · May 31, 2013

I know it's Off Topic, but does anyone have any hands on experience with a water powered backup sump pump? I've heard good and bad. I've got to do something..either a battery powered or water powered...I know I could get a generator, but what happens if I'm not home at the time elect goes off?? And something bad will happen when your not home!!
Thanks, Cmore

Janicholson · May 31, 2013

Water powered seems like a good option BUT:
If water pressure is low or non-existant, no pump
If out of town the water pressure depends (probably) on electricity to begin with.

Opinion A UPS battery based system that can be used for computer and communications continuance as well as sump pump supply is expensive, but may be worth it.

Putting effort into leak remediation (if nothing but to slow the leak to managable) might make sense.

Battery systems for sump pump only are available. Jim

Smitholm · May 31, 2013

Google on "Water Powered Sump Pump" and you'll find lots. City water, or a gravity flow system are a requirement for most, however. The Amish have solutions too, but are hard to find online.

sflem849 · May 31, 2013

I find the waste of clean, fresh water (at a time when it may be needed the most) very disturbing.

ss55 · May 31, 2013

They work where you have municiple water and a high flow water supply. If it is the simple jet design then any lift height really reduces capacity fast. Plumb the discharge into a floor drain to minimize the lift height. Read the literature to be sure it will work for you.

Jim Naden · Jun 1, 2013

(quoted from post at 13:56:29 05/31/13) They work where you have municiple water and a high flow water supply. If it is the simple jet design then any lift height really reduces capacity fast. [b:e9f70ee72b][i:e9f70ee72b]Plumb the discharge into a floor drain to minimize the lift height.[/i:e9f70ee72b][/b:e9f70ee72b] Read the literature to be sure it will work for you.

Water in basement, floor drain..... Think about it.

Leroy · Jun 2, 2013

This was highly discussed on one of the boards about a month back. And when you would need then the city would have no power to pump more water to keep the towers filled for people actually needing the water or for fire fighting. Then as is still the case a lot of places, but several posters did not believe me, the water that you use to power then also goes into the city sewage treatment plant , storm sewers and sanitary sewers not yet seperated, so that helps overload the treatment plant that also cannot be running because they also will have no power to operate if you have no power at home so all the sewage water will have to bypass the treatment plant and be dumped directly into a river. And the cities still have something like 15 years yet till they have to have the storm sewer and the sanitary sewer seperated and that is where I was called a liar because I stated the facts. Storm last summer shut down all the utilities in all the towns around me so it does happen. If too many people try to use them they will be baned.

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