Abstract: A bucket sump system for use with a liquid which includes a bucket having an interior comprising: sides defining an open top and coupled to a flat bottom, and a wedge insert received by the interior of the bucket, resting flush against the flat bottom of the bucket. The wedge insert has a flat bottom portion, a sloped top surface connected to the bottom portion through a first side having a first height and a second side having a second height, and an orifice defined by the first side of the wedge insert. The liquid received by the interior of the bucket flows from the second side of the sloped top portion of the wedge insert to the first side of the sloped top portion of the wedge insert and into the orifice. The second height of the wedge insert is greater than the first height of the wedge insert.