I have a production facility with two connected INTERIOR storm drains and sump pits. These drain to an external storm drain through a oil and sand separator. The problem is we occasionally drain to these storm drains but not every day. The water has gotten swampy smelling. Is there any reason I cant fill the sump pit up to the drain pipe to minimize the amount of standing water and drain out most of the water at every use?
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pour in some chlorine bleach – jsotola Apr 29 '23 at 23:41
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use pool salt that will kill the bacteria – Ruskes Apr 29 '23 at 23:58
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bleach has not been effective. I put in about a cup and it smells after 3 days. Any reason why i cant fill it in? – Kiel vanInwegen Apr 30 '23 at 00:04
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Do you not have a pump? – Huesmann May 02 '23 at 13:58
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No pump and putting one in would be prohibitively expensive. This is an odd situation. The pit gravity flows to another pit and then an external storm drain. It was previously used to wash UPS trucks and these storm drains are where the waste would flow. What I want to do is fill them to the drain pipe so there is no standing water. I am dondering why I need to have a sump pit in the first place as opposed to a large floor drain. – Kiel vanInwegen May 03 '23 at 18:17