Zoeller's sump pump, a locally-produced cast iron product ... While that pump spits water back out into the yard, MSD still finds people with their pumps tied into the sewer system, which is ...

Sump pumps are the home version of a ship's bilge pump, preventing rising water from flooding basements. When installed correctly, the pumps divert rainwater into a yard. But problems arise when ...

Staff with th Utilities Department this week were called to a home on First Avenue, where they discovered backed-up sewage was being pumped onto the yard through ...

Sump pumps should be directed into the property owner's yard. Sump pump drainage also should not be directed into the city's sanitary sewer system because doing so will cause a flow increase at ...

"This situation occurs quite frequently," he said of the current drainage system running through Sanyal's yard. "Sump pump discharge of this nature, is regular." Hildebrandt said Sanyal could ...