Water-powered backup sump pumps use municipal water pressure to pump out the sump well. When the water-powered sump pump is submerged, it creates a cross-connection that can contaminate the public water supply if the flow of water is reversed during low pressure events.
Call EGLE’s Pollution Emergency Alerting System (PEAS) Hotline at 800-292-4706, to report spills, releases, or other environmental emergencies involving air, land, water, groundwater, wetlands, dams, landfills, hazardous or radioactive materials, mines, public drinking water, oil and gas wells, nuclear power plants.