(07-04-2022 04:29 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(07-04-2022 02:38 PM)Ourland Wrote:  Why is it running all of the time? Shouldn't it just be running during a rainstorm? What water is there to 'move' around the clock?

See Grungy’s post. Field level is below the water table in the area. Even without a rainstorm, ground water would flood the field without constant pumping.

Same reason basements are not a thing in Houston except for buildings with pumping systems.

Or, to put it more poetically:

We been bailing water out of this sinking ship ever since it was built!!