What is the Sump Pump Inventory Program?
Homeowners and businesses use water every day for cleaning, bathrooms, etc., and send it down their drains when they are through with it. This water goes into the sanitary sewers where it is conveyed to the Hutchinson Wastewater Treatment Facility. This is what is supposed to happen. To avoid groundwater or rainwater from entering homes/business basements, some homes/businesses have sump pumps in their basements. These pumps are designed to pump groundwater or rainwater to the outside of the home/business to storm sewers. In order to eliminate the clean water that is discharged by sump pumps into the sanitary sewers, the City of Hutchinson is conducting another sump pump inventory program. During the first Sump Pump Inventory Program in 2001, the City found that 8-9% of homes and businesses were out of compliance. This meant that before the 2001 program, an estimated 100 million gallons per year was being contributed to the City of Hutchinson Wastewater Treatment Facility for treatment
