sewage pump

Effluent lifting device

A sewage pump moves wastewater and solid waste through plumbing systems, typically when gravity alone won't do the job—as in basements below the sewer line.

Unlike clean-water pumps, sewage pumps are designed to handle solids without clogging: The sewage pump failed and the basement flooded.

Related

impeller · effluent · basement · flooding · grinder · septic · holding tank · sludge · pipes · clog · overflow · backed up · ejector · motor · gurgling · backup · plumber · discharge

Opposites
flow mechanism

sewage pumpFrench drain

Subsurface water diversion system

siphon · downspout

water type handled

sewage pumpwell pump

Device extracting groundwater

pool pump

flow direction in system

sewage pumpsupply line

Route for delivering supplies

water main · service line

Family

sewage, pump, sew, sewer, sewers, sewered, pumps, pumped, pumping

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G