/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Ok /diy/ take two. I am pretty angry.I have a renter that broke a water pump on my property because he couldn't follow instructions. I come home and find a note on my door that the pump is turning on and off, he couldn't figure out how to turn it off, and that he's leaving for a while.

The pump was pulling air and over heated. The fucking intake like is fucked for obvious reasons. The foot valve is fine but the hose which I had the foresight to hold down with a stone, is loose. I suspect sabotage.

The point of this thread: Is there a way to program a pump to turn off after it runs for 3-4 seconds or when there isn't water in the system?
I wouldn't be making a second thread but the last one got derailed.