[tomahawk1960]

When you drive down a shallow well and get to the water table should you run water down your pipe or do you just let water seep in to you pipe _ I seem to be getting a lot of sand and clay pumping up.

[albinfla]

That's normal. Run water down the pipe to wash out around the bottom. Then, draw water up through the pump. Sometimes it can take a long time to stop getting sediment, until it washes out good around the well-point. If it doesn't clear, you may need to go a little deeper.