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GENERAL INFORMATION: Mendota Heights, Mn., Fri., Apr. 13, 2001--Installing a drain tile system to cure a flood prone basement. IN THIS PHOTO: Jerad Smith stands in a plastic receptacle that will house a sump pump as Terrence Green pours gravel in the trench that holds the drain pipe. The men work for Standard Water Control Systems in Crystal. The workers dug a trench all around the inside of the foundation and installed plastic pipe with holes in it to conduct any water seepage to the sump pump. Gravel was poured in the trench to hold the pipe a a proper slant toward the sump. Concrete will be poured over the gravel to conceal the trench.(Photo By DUANE BRALEY/Star Tribune via Getty Images)