I'm sorry for the newbie question but I my dad passed away a few years ago and I'm trying to help my mom out. She usually calls a lawn sprinkler company to start her sprinkler pump every year but I thought maybe I could save her a few bucks and ask the forum. My dad never told me how the thing works. She gets water from her pond via the pump seen and I believe it has to be primed but I wasn't sure. Is it as easy as unscrewing the top part of the pump and putting clean water in it until the hose to the water source is filled and then plugging the unit in? I believe the intake is in the lake with a filter. Her rainbird controller is in the basement and I wasn't sure when to activate that or plug that in. Any help is appreciated! Thanks! [img]https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/640x480/image1_2__86ab15c0b074f95615935132233f89ba5022b65c.jpeg[/img]

So my daughter has been in this house for just one year. She bought it from a house flipper. It passed all inspections. It's located on the top of the street which happens to be the highest point for both the front and rear of the house. During her first day of moving in the neighbor behind her comes knocking at the door complaining that her sump pump and drainage flows into her back yard. Note this situation has been like this for the past 20 to 25 years. Today she receives a letter from the town that a formal complain has been made for the drainage from her property and remedial action must take place within 5 days. I suspect this neighbor has made this complaint to all the previous owners prior to my daughter. But they see fresh meat and are using intimidation tactics to try and get my daughter to give them money to fix their property drainage. My stance is water flows down hill and you can't stop nature. In fact little or no water discharge takes place from my daughters sump pit due to the fact they they happen to be the highest point and as a result the water will flow away from the house before it can get to the sump pit. My daughter calls the town in a panic and explains the whole scenario. The clerk said don't worry about it and to call next week. They will come out and inspect the situation and there should be no fines and should be an easy fix if there is a fix to be made. So my question is she responsible for the natural flow of water on a piece of property that has been standing for the past 20 years or so and has pasted all local inspection during all previous owners? She is the fourth owner.