Storm water sewers or sewage system? Local laws may apply for technical purposes.

As for personal feelings, if you contracted to just move it and the local laws don't require it, you may be on the hook for putting it where you want it, assuming this is reasonable and doable.

Scott

What is the big deal with draining it to the landscape?

Not sure if its a big deal to drain to the landscape. It looks kinda tacky. Will post pic. Many people I have talked to have never heard of such and that the water may be toxic to the plants. How much water would be drained and how often? We will be converting to saline. The old system was draining to the sewer system. We underwent a complete pool remodel including demo and replacement of deck and coping. I guess I need to check local code. To add to the complexity of the matter the landscape bed where the drain was placed borders an apartment complex so any overage would be spilled onto their property.

pics of drain

pump

pump

drain

flagstone coping. love the pool!

Uh, no, that is wrong and should not have been done. They were lazy.

You don't leave a waste line through a wall several feet in the air like that. You don't leave a hole that mice and such can climb through. You don't let waste water just fall on landscaping from a few feet up. You don't leave a bare pipe end.

Bring the pipe down to the ground. Flash the hole neatly. Put a fitting for a backwash hose on the end of the pipe. Use a quality backwash hose to carry the waste water away to where it won't present any issues.

Scott

Scott,
We spent a lot of money on the remodel and felt like this was not right. In my opinon it should have been run to the sewer like it was before the remodel. We had the deck up and then poured a new deck. I really think it was an ooopps!!