Quote Originally Posted by sasquatch View Post
air pumps run 24/7 so the aerobic bacteria can effectively eat your doodoo. its probably a carbon vane pump. they are usually loud as ****. it looks like a box with a motor sticking out of it. solution is to get a concrete cover if it doesn't have one, move it away from the house, build **** around it, or replace it with a diaphragm pump ($$).
Fire ants love to build mounds around these, and will fawk them up. Keep an eye out for this.