Water Well - sand problem

I am excavating in back yard a new water well. I will be using the water for watering yard only (not drinking water). I excavated 20 feet below level and the water level is at 11 feet( so there is 9 feet of water). I installed a 4" pipe perforated at the bottom. The problem that I have is that there is a lot of sand that keeps coming in to the pipe. I have tried pumping the sand with a gas water pump but two things are happening: 1) No matter how much sand I take out, sand keeps filtering non-stop to no end and 2) at times I am unable to pump out any sand at all and the pump keeps getting clogged. I am at the point of giving up with this hole. Any advise is welcome.

Thank you.

Contact a well drilling company...unless someone else has some good experience with this kind of problem.

The soil type in your area seems to be the problem.

You need to put a point down the hole. The point has screening at the inlet holes so the sand won't come in. Water filters through the sand so they don't plug up.

Any suggestions where I can buy this "point"? I have been unable to find a place that sells this kind of stuff. I live in Northern California in the Bay Area.

In California I don't have a clue. I can get one at any local hardware store around here.

jorgegaeta said:

Any suggestions where I can buy this "point"? I have been unable to find a place that sells this kind of stuff. I live in Northern California in the Bay Area.

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Online or a local pump supply house or some plumbing supply houses that do pumps and other well parts. You're looking for a screened well point. They come in various lengths, materials and slit sizes; they are measured in thousands of an inch, which must be smaller than the size of the grains of sand you have.