Bonding sump pump for inground pool.

[Splitbolt58]

Here is the scenario, large inground public pool installed in the 1960's. Apparently the pool has a leak, so the owners have installed a sump pit 15 ft from the pool
to capture the water that is leaking and pump it back in the pool to avoid buying water from the city or digging up the pool and repairing the leak. They have
installed a pump in the pit and want our company to install a circuit for this pump. I am assuming this pump would need to be bonded to the pool equipment
and have Ground-fault protection? To complicate matters, with the age of the pool I cannot find any evidence of bonding of equipment. Any suggestions?

 

[Mystic Pools]

That's an interesting question.

I have installed several permanent sump pumps on projects to handle ground water issues. I never bonded them to the pool equipment or the structure. Some are within 5' in a HDPE culvert pipe below the pool structure. They have GFCI protection.

Most of the pumps are all plastic. A recent build on the Hudson River in NY, I used stainless pumps for the tidal, brackish water.

In regard to the pool leaking. It's just a plain stupid idea on their part to have a pump set up in effort to save water and reuse it. More filtration needs and chemicals needs will be required.
That pool structure is in peril and a leak can have substantial effects on the pool structure itself. Water is powerful.
If you're asked to set up a pump, there must be a tremendous water loss.

They should just fix the leak.

 

[CoolWill]

That's an interesting question.

I have installed several permanent sump pumps on projects to handle ground water issues. I never bonded them to the pool equipment or the structure. Some are within 5' in a HDPE culvert pipe below the pool structure. They have GFCI protection.

Most of the pumps are all plastic. A recent build on the Hudson River in NY, I used stainless pumps for the tidal, brackish water.

In regard to the pool leaking. It's just a plain stupid idea on their part to have a pump set up in effort to save water and reuse it. More filtration needs and chemicals needs will be required.
That pool structure is in peril and a leak can have substantial effects on the pool structure itself. Water is powerful.
If you're asked to set up a pump, there must be a tremendous water loss.

They should just fix the leak.

People dumb enough to spend some money trying to save other money are dumb enough to spend a little more. Try talking them into a second or third pump and keep milking them.

 

[Mystic Pools]

As it's said, stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.