A filtering and pumping assembly for reducing pump maintenance includes a shell, which is meshed and defines an interior space. A power module and a pump, which is operationally coupled to the power module, are coupled to the shell and positioned in the interior space. A pipe is coupled to and extends from an exit port of the pump through an aperture positioned in a top of the shell. A plurality of fasteners is coupled to the shell and is configured to couple the shell to an element of a water feature so that the pump is positioned below a surface of water that in the water feature and so that the pipe extends above the surface. The shell is configured to filter debris from water that enters the interior space and an intake port of the pump. The pump is configured to discharge the water from the pipe.
