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Your faithful sump pump is waiting to save your basement from stormwater damage. But it may not be able to do the job alone. It needs a sidekick, a helpmate, a partner. It needs a battery backup sump ...

In my column in today's Dispatch, I wrote about back-up sump pumps for those times that the power goes out or the cat knocks a broom onto the primary pump and keeps it from turning on when needed.

The truth of the matter is that most basement water problems are not basement problems at all, but exterior drainage problems. So before you consider a sump-pump installation, take a good look (in the ...

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Help with battery backup for sump pumps After high water flooded roads and basements, Essex is working to help residents pay for some sump pump needs. Bob Bellacicco reports.

When we have torrential rains and the power goes out (which it often does here even without a storm) my husband and I have to bail out our sump pump to avoid flooding our basement since we don't have ...