Quick answer: Bergen County basement water is usually a brook-corridor problem rather than a floodplain one, along the Pascack, Musquapsink, Tenakill and Hackensack. The failure that actually floods a basement is a power cut during the storm, which is the case for battery backup.
H. Hofmeister & Co. Inc. is a licensed NJ plumbing contractor (NJ Master Plumbing License #10625, NJ HVAC License #19HC002574) at 115 Bergenline Avenue, Westwood, NJ 07675. Family-owned since 1966. Hours 6AM-6PM seven days a week, with 24/7 emergency service. Call (201) 666-1118. This page covers sump pump installation, replacement and battery backup.
Sump pumps matter in this area because of the brook corridors rather than a river floodplain - the Pascack Brook, the Musquapsink, the Tenakill and the Hackensack all run through towns we serve, and properties on lower-lying ground near them take water during heavy storms and spring melt. The failure that actually floods a basement is a power cut during the storm, which is the argument for battery backup. We serve Westwood, Emerson, Hillsdale, River Vale, Washington Township, Woodcliff Lake, Park Ridge, Montvale, Paramus, Ridgewood, Oradell, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Haworth, Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan.
Call (201) 666-1118 — H. Hofmeister & Co. Inc., 115 Bergenline Ave, Westwood, NJ 07675.