21. Dam operators kept water levels low since the beginning of September to preserve any new sand that arrived. 22. Fleck also stays busy with clinics and said he has a patent pending on a new sand wedge. 23. Atchison also said its new sand reclamation and separation system at its largest foundry had higher-than-expected start-up costs. 24. The new sand was stabilized by an artificial reef constructed at Narrowneck out of huge geotextile sand bags. 25. But dam regulations do not permit experimental floods until January, after most of the new sand is already lost. 26. Measurements showed that new sand from the Paria River washed down to Lake Mead within months of a storm. 27. Icahn plans to invest $ 65 million in property, receiving 46 . 3 percent of the new Sands stock. 28. Feet secure on the new sand , Mendoza got two more outs before Torre finally went out and got him. 29. At the same time, the company expanded the works, crossing over the former railbed to open a new sand pit. 30. Electricity was added and a new sand -lime plant was added that created a less expensive brick used for interior construction.