SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The wet spring might be keeping sump pumps busy. The sound of a sump pump kicking in could be heard in Ken Dunlap’s basement Wednesday morning. The Sioux Falls man ...

Sump Pump Installation Made Easy If you have water problems in your basement that you've been ignoring, there's a good chance you're losing up to half of your home's living space.

Monitoring a sump pump might seem extreme, but as a system that often protects against catastrophic damage, the responsible homeowner strives to take care of it.

Sump pumps are installed at the lowest point of your basement or crawl space. Water accumulating in your basement flows into the sump pit and is pumped, through pipes, back out of your home.

If your sump pump runs REALLY often some times during the year, you can build your own system with those big 3v telecom batteries, industrial charger and 12v marine pumps to get up to 48+ hours ...

Given that most sump pumps will be an occasional-use item during severe weather conditions, a battery back-up sump pump can be offered as an option. They say hindsight is always 20/20, but dead is ...

The next step is installing sump pumps in hundreds of homes. "It’s kind of an ongoing process," said Susan Ashbrook, assistant director of sustainability for Columbus Department of Public Utilities.

Even though my sump pump was still working, I felt it was time to replace it before it went bad. I also wanted to add a battery backup system in case the electricity ever went out.