Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy
From what I gathered when I permitted my drain, around here they are more concerned with what chemicals go into the municipal drinking water system. Not that they are unconcerned about storm sewers; but I am not sure they aren`t filtered in some way too (here, at least).
You`ve never heard of a weeping tile? I thought it was a pretty universal thing. A weeping tile is a system that`s been around for hundreds of years. It`s a pit dug around the outside foundation of a structure (usually all the way down so no freezing), you fill the bottom of the pit with pea gravel them put a tubed pipe with holes in it all the way around the perimeter. The pipe has a "sock" on it which is a light fabric that will let water into the pipe but not gravel/dirt; water weeps into this system and is deposited to (usually) a dry well, 4+ feet from the foundation. It`s super common in any area that gets a lot of snow or has a lot of ground water (they were all over in California, and exist on 99% of houses here). You never see them, they just take ground water from against the foundation and move it. Sometimes if you have a lot of ground water the house will have a sump pump dug below the foundation (usually 2-4 feet), and the weeping tile will feed water to the sump to be drained into the sewers.
It sounds like a big deal, but a lot of houses already have them (I thought the OPs might since he is in MN); and they aren`t very difficult to tie into from above ground. The ground level "intakes" are normally near basement windows and doors.
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