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Default Sand in Well Water

On Jun 27, 5:11*pm, "Dimitrios Paskoudniakis"
wrote:
I'm in Maryland where it's been hotter than 90 deg every day for almost two
weeks.

I've been watering the lawn for 2-3 hours this morning, my wife watered the
plants, two showers were taken and a load of laundry.

I'm noticing some sand in one toilet bowl, and when I turn on the water in
the adjacent sink, there is some sand.

I presume this means the well water level has gotten too low? *The pressure
was fine.

Is there anything I should or should not do in the near term? *I stopped
watering the lawn.

You are pumping water from your well at an unsustainble rate. You
need to raise the pump slightly and give the well time to recover
between pumping sessions. How long is for you to determine.
The only way you would beat this problem is by deepening you well.
Expensive.