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[chucklez]

Ill be posting this in a few places to try to find someone who knows. My sump is in the basement. I can either run a waste water line 40' or so to my rough in, or I can go 5' or so to my sump basin. Thing is, my sump basin cover has 2 holes. One for a vent and one for discharge. Any reason NOT to drill a third hole, insert a smaller piece of pvc, silicone around it to prevent leakage, and alternate between a barb fitting (to attach a siphon hose) and a cap (when not in use)? Not a fan of running a long line to the rough in as someday there will be a bathroom down there.

Anyone have better ideas?

 

[Crooked Reef]

Do you know where the sump pump drains to? It likely doesn’t flow into a drain and will shoot water out of a pipe coming out of the house somewhere. Also, is a sump pump rated for saltwater? Just some things to consider.

 

[capncapo]

Dumping saltwater anywhere but into a plastic drain would be a bad idea. If it is sent outdoors into your yard, the saltwater will kill any plants or grasses it contacts and the soil will remain dead until replaced. If your drain pipe is metal, the saltwater will corrode your pipe.

 

[Tigé21v]

Are you talking about just RO waste water? Of so,that would be fine.

You must have a much better fitting sump lid than the one that came with our house..

 

[chucklez]

Sorry guys. Been busy at work and with family stuff. Im used to calling it a sump, but I guess technically it is an ejector pump. Hence the sealed cover. The current pump I have in there I replaced after being in the house 12 years and replaced it with this model. I know the body is cast iron, and people say that salt water will corrode it, but I will also be running my RODI waste water into the pump as well, making 40-50g of RODI water a week.

The ejector pump discharges into the municipal sewage line, so it doesent dump it outside (if so my grass would be greener with all the fertilizer).

 

[Grnegnhm]

i'm a plumber and...

i'm a plumber and...

All sewage ejectors create a gas called hydrogen sulfide, it is bad. You must not give it a path to get into your house (it is stinky, highly corrosive and deadly). I wouldn't be too concerned about the pumps corroding but I would be scared to death of the gasses a sewage ejector makes getting in my house or near my tank. The same gas permeates your vents in your house, and goes out the roof. So, piping it to your rough wont save you from the issue. In short you must make a trap that stays wet and won't get sucked dry.

my 2 cents