Seriously this time, I agree that I'd rather not mix the brine with my septic. I'm also not a fan of bringing the water outside the foundation into the house for a pump to pump it back out. This accentuates the need for backup pumps/power sources.
My outside foundation drains go to a catch basin which drains to the ditch by gravity. I also direct my inside sump pump to this basin, separately. Yours could go to the leach pit it sounds, so I would make use of that and reconnect the floor drains. If you want to improve the drainage inside and cut the floor and add a sump, the pump could also pump to that leach pit.
During our remodel, I jack-hammered the entire basement floor out, replaced the clay tile with perforated plastic and added a sump pit/pump. We re-graded the dirt and put in a four-inch layer of pea gravel prior to pouring a new concrete floor. At the same time, I added plumbing and pit for a sewage ejector pump to provide a bathroom in the basement to connect to the septic tank.
I also dug up the foundation footings outside and replaced the clay there with perforated PVC, clean outs at each corner, new rock/fabric/foundation waterproofing. I added check valves in the outside drain lines to the basin to keep from having water back up into the foundation drains from the basin if there was flooding at the ditch. This spring was a real test of the system, but we never had water enter the living space. The sump pump ran every couple of minutes, but kept up.
That said, that project was a ton of work when I was 35 years old. Not sure I want to do it again at 55. Work all day, jack hammer for three hours until the rental store closes, then back to pick up the chunks and throw them out the window into the loader bucket to the dump trailer. Dad would take the chunks to a local contractor who grinds them down, and I'd start all over again after work the next day.
You thought of getting the water tested is spot on- rather than using the softener to filter sediment and iron out, you need a robust filtration system before the resin beds. Then the resin only needs to remove the soluable ions, and the filters catch the suspended stuff. More to keep up on, but less regeneration waste.
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