Pool Cover Pumps & Submersible Water Removal

Standing water is what destroys winter covers. A few inches of rain and snowmelt across a 20' x 40' cover weighs thousands of pounds, and that load stretches seams, pulls grommets, and drags leaves and silt straight into your pool the moment the cover gives. A pool cover pump keeps the top of the cover clear all winter. PST Pool Supplies carries submersible cover pumps, utility pumps, and non-electric siphons from Little Giant, Superior Pump, Danner, and Swimline.

For routine cover duty, a dedicated submersible cover pump is the right tool. The Swimline 5420 (250 GPH) and 5440 (500 GPH) and the Danner Cover Care CC350 and CC500 all run on a 25 ft cord with a 3/4" garden hose discharge, so you can drop one on the cover and run the hose off the deck. The Little Giant PCPK-N kit ships with 25 ft of discharge tubing included. If you want more throughput, the Superior Pump 90091 mag drive moves 810 GPH with no seals to fail. Danner's full Cover Care line is at Danner Manufacturing, and Superior's specs are at Superior Pump.

For bigger jobs there are true submersible utility and sump pumps: the Little Giant 5-MSP Water Wizard (1/6 HP, 1200 GPH), the Little Giant 6-CIA-RFS Big John automatic (1/3 HP, 2760 GPH), and the Superior Pump 92788 automatic (3/4 HP, 4800 GPH) or 91875 manual main drain pump (1/2 HP, 5580 GPH) for draining a pool down or emptying a flooded pit. Where there is no power at the pool, the Swimline 5436 Cover Saver siphon kit and the Thirsty-Mate 136PF6 hand bilge pump move water without electricity. The collection also includes the Air Supply Cyclone Pro 3 HP winterizing blower for line blowouts. Pair a pump with your pool cover and see the complete pool winterizing supplies range. Little Giant pump documentation is available from Franklin Electric.

Get a pool cover pump on the cover before the first heavy rain — replacing a stretched-out winter cover costs many times what the pump does.