sump pump runs every 10 - 20 seconds

I just moved into a newly built house on March 26, 2005. The builder told me that they hit a spring when digging the foundation. I told them to do whatever necessary to fix the eminent water problem. They had a sump and sump pump installed. Three days after moving in the sump pump they had installed could not keep up with the water so we installed a bigger one (I believe 80 gpm). This sump pump kicks on every 10 -20 seconds and the flow is constant from the exterior footer drains. The interior footer drains run as well. I am going to tap into the exterior drains and trench them out to the field behind the house. Are there any other suggestions that could remedy this problem. I am not mathematically inclined so engineering was not an option for me. Thanks.

 

Sounds like the first pump was to small now the new pump is to big.

This is what we do all the time. A full drain out around the home on the footing and one also inside the home along the footing around the home. Both drains should run out and down hill .

ED