Sump Pump Repair in Perris, CA

Pumps in Perris

Eastern Municipal Water District provides water and sewer service across all of Perris; it took over the former City of Perris water and sewer systems and now serves the whole city. That sewer is meant for household wastewater, so a sump pump should never be plumbed into it. A sewage ejector serving a below-grade bathroom is the one pump that is supposed to feed the sewer, through a sealed, vented basin.

Because most houses here sit on slabs, a pump in Perris usually means a specific situation: a yard that drains toward the house during heavy winter storms, a sunken room or garage, or a warehouse or shop with a loading dock or equipment pit. These pumps can go months without running, so a float that has stuck or an impeller packed with silt often goes unnoticed until the first serious rain. A quick bucket test each fall catches most of that before it matters.

What to do now

1. If water is close to the outlet or the pump cord, shut off that circuit at the breaker panel.
2. See whether the rest of the house has power. If not, the outage is the cause.
3. Reset a tripped GFCI outlet once. If it trips again, leave it and call.
4. Use a dry stick to lift the float. If the motor starts, the float was hung up.
5. Look at the outdoor discharge for a crushed, disconnected or buried end.
6. Get furniture and boxes off the floor, and stop using any fixtures that drain to an ejector pit.

Symptoms and likely causes

Cost factors

• Small part repair or full replacement
• Sump pump versus sewage ejector
• Basin repair, lid or a new pit
• Discharge reroute and pipe length
• Battery backup or alarm added
• Permit work through City of Perris Development Services - Building, which uses an online Accela portal