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Restoring well performance.
If your pump's output starts dropping you might have had some heaving into the bottom of the well. In my case it was uber fine silt movement that settled out in the bottom of the sandpoint suction line. This kind of sediment, especially with a full winter to pack, can set up like concrete or clay. No way your pump can lift it after it has clumped up. This can happen a lot in wells that are used off and on rather than continuously but if your pint is in fine glacial till like mine then eventually the fines will start packing up and you will lose surface area on your screens resulting in water loss. I was very successful in cleaning mine and it was easy for me to do. Your results will vary and understand you undertake all projects AT YOUR OWN RISK.
In the video I also show how to clean a screen that might have mineral scale (turns out mine didn't) and talk about how to bleach a well if you end up with bacterial growth. (normally the result of surface water contamination or critters falling in)