On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:15:23 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:




Although I live right on the coast...my part of the city is about 160 feet
above sea level.
I do have a sump pump because the house sits directly on bedrock and natural
drainage can be slow in very heavy rains & the spring thaw..

Here the major problem is when the storm sewers back up. Got a system
the prevents that. But when the storm sewers get that bad the ground
water is bad enough to soak a basement through the sump if it's not
pumped out.

--Vic