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At Sons House we have been working on drain for basement sump pump. has not rained here in 2 months and noticed sump pump running every little while. looked into the plastic tub where pump sits & water is spraying into sides. the tub is split every 6 in. all the away around, it is plastic, looks like it's made this way. Is this a spring under this floor? it is probley 10 feet deep from the outside ground level. checked the well on other end of house & it was 14 ft. down to the water. we dug outside & the ground is hard as heck down about 3 ft. Any Ideas what to do except keep pumping it out? thanks
 
Is this something new or has this been going on for years?? What is situation of house (on rise, on level, in area surrounded by higher areas?? House served by own well system?? No recent jump in water "consumption"?? No County/City water mains, irrigation ditches/canals etc in area that may be leaking?? Any nearby neighbors reporting similar situation?? Depending on terrain/formation under house, could be coming from spring under floor, nearby or water source miles away...
Need more info re' above to hazard guesses (fascinating question)...
 
What is the normal level for their well?? In Japan they watch their water levels in the wells on a daily basis. A rise in well water is a method they use in prediction of earthquakes. Has any construction been going on within 3-4 miles of your son's house. This will cause this too. Keep a extra pump close by.
 
Under ground water can be a funny thing sometimes. One year several years ago we were in some drought emergency for most of the area as it was dry.

One guy I worked with had water just start out of the ground by his garage and a pretty good source. He called the water companies thinking there was a water main break or something similar. They came out and checked , there were no mains anywhere near him. They ended up digging a drainage ditch to the nearest stream to route the water away from the garage. Ya just wouldn't think that with this sort of thing would happen when things were so dry. There must have been some kind of shift in how the under ground water was moving near his place.
 
check what everyone else says but If rain is that few and far between, I'd be figuring out a way to use that water even if it's just some rain barrels or tanks that you drain in winter.

Dave
 
Sounds like an under ground spring. We had that problem with our last home. One of the reasons I sold it. I dug a hole for planting a bush and when I went to get the bush out of the truck the hole was full of water. No wonder the sewage didn't work either. Hal
 
I would check to make sure the water supply coming into the house is not leaking underground. If this is a well, shut off your main supply valve and turn off your well pump for a day, then turn the main supply back on and see what kind of water pressure you have. If this municipal water, keep an eye on that water meter/bill.

Other than that, it might just be the soil structure down there making a bit of an aquifer. Better to keep pumping it out than the alternative :)
 
House is in country sits on 4 acres, has well & septic with finger system. house sits on level, ground is lower to the south of house about 100 feet, no low yard around house. 3 houses to the north, may be a little higher than his, but not much. the reason we are working on this is were putting in a better drain for sump pump, & running it 20 ft from house south with schedule 40, hooking downspouts to this. we can't figure how they poured concrete in this floor & installed sump tank? Well is 40 ft from basement pump to the northeast, but it gives me an idea to check it. they haven't said anything about pump running a lot. Thanks Gene
 
Friend of mine built a new house, and had problems with basement floor being wet, so after a couple years he broke hole in floor and put in sump pit like yours. Water gushed into the pit for several days. He finally discovered that the drain coming form upper part of house was offset and not completely connected to outgoing drain under floor. contractor had to break up floor and repair.
 
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