A sump pump is a pump used to remove water that has accumulated in a water collecting sump pit, commonly found in the basement of homes.
(Sump Pumps) Sump pumps are responsible for pumping excess ground water from the basement to the outside of the home. For those of you that have ever experience water back up in your basement, you know all about how much cleaning is involved and how much damage can be caused.
The action or process of draining something
The means of removing surplus water or liquid waste; a system of drains
drain: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
(drained) knackered: very tired
(drained) emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old mannot caring any longer about anything"
A unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 meter)
A square or cubic yard, esp. of sand or other building materials
A great length
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
Drainage - exterior piping in progress
This is in our back yard. You can see the black pipe inside the trench -- this is where the water from our new sump pump will exit the house. When it's finished, the pipe will continue toward the street and will be covered again.
The same, yet different
Both front yards are uniquely different, yet are complementary to each other, and united by the dry creek bed.