"Mikepier" wrote in message
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About a month ago my basement had water due to the week
long rain in
the Northeast in mid-October. Since then I've been trying
to educate
myself with the water table in my area.
The previous owner of my house use to have a shallow well
pump in the
basement. The pump is gone, but the 2" galvanized pipe is
still in the
ground, sticking up about 3" above the basement floor. If
you look
inside and measure, the water is 23" below my basement
floor. Just to
be sure this was not "trapped water", I used my shop vac
to suck out as
much water as I can in the pipe, but within minutes the
water level
rose again. So I'm assuming this is the water table. It
has been a
constant 23" for the past 2 weeks. I am assuming this is
what it is
normally since we had little or no rain recently.
So my question is should I be concerned? Is this normal
for the water
to be just 23" below the basement floor? I live in a 45
year old
split-level. I don't know if its been like this since the
house was
built or if the water table changed over the years. Any
input
appreciated. Thanks.

I would be tempted to properly connect a shallow well pump
or sprinkler pump to that well. You could then run the pump
during problem times to keep the water table below the level
that would leak into your basement. It could also serve to
water your yard other times.

Bob