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Would we have to pull the pump in order to install some sort of pump protection?

The water looks the same no matter how long it sits. Why is running it hard better than using it as normal? I'm just nervous it can harm the well if we keep running it out. Won't it keep stirring up sediment from the bottom and eventually ruin the pump? How long should we wait before we just...

It doesn't clear up. It stays just as cloudy.

My well is 550 feet deep and, when pounded 25 years ago, produced 2 and a half gallons a minute. All the wells around us are iffy at best. We have run out of water ourselves 4 or 5 times in the past few years but only when guests come to visit and we used considerably more water than normal. We...