Externally positioned fluid level detection and sump pump control system

A system for controlling a pump of a sump system, the system comprising:

• one or more sensor nodes positioned external to a container of the sump system, the one or more sensor nodes configured to:
• transmit at least one signal through a surface of the container;
• and
• receive a response associated with the transmitted at least one signal;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• detect a change of at least one characteristic between the at least one transmitted signal and a corresponding received response;
• based on the change of the at least one characteristic, determine a fluid level factor, wherein the fluid level factor comprises at least one of:
• a fluid level of the container;
• or
• a rate of change of the fluid level of the container;
• and
• based on the fluid level factor, cause the pump of the sump system to activate or deactivate.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive sensor data from one or more sensor nodes positioned external to a container of a sump system, wherein the sensor data corresponds to at least one signal transmitted from the one or more sensor nodes through a surface of the container and a subsequent response associated with the transmitted at least one signal;
• detect a change of at least one characteristic based on the sensor data;
• based on the change of the at least one characteristic, determine a fluid level factor, wherein the fluid level factor comprises at least one of:
• a fluid level of the container;
• or
• a rate of change of the fluid level of the container;
• and
• based on the fluid level factor, cause a pump of the sump system to activate or deactivate.