My well went dry this weekend and the guys that came to see if they could fix it extended the the pump 4 ft. deeper to see if they could get water. It didn't work and I still don't have water. When they put the well cap back on, the vent hole started sucking air. With the pump on and/or off, was the same. They said in 20 + years of doing this they had never seen this before. Does anyone know why this would happen?

I live the country in SC near Charlotte, NC and have a 240 ft deep well with 6" casing that goes 52 ft deep and a submersible pump. 7 years ago the first pump went dead and had a well co. replace the 1/2 hp with a 1/2 hp pump and the water pressure was not always stable. Now that one went dead. Prior to it going dead the filter was getting clogged with mud type dirt. We would have to change it in less than 30 days. Knowing that the well was 240 ft deep we replaced it with a 1 hp pump as a 1/2 hp was only for 150 ft well max. hopping this would help with the pressure. From the time we changed it 3 weeks ago we have been getting heavy amounts of dirt like mud. I have to change the filter daily so I was told to raise the pump as when it was replaced it could have made mud fall to the bottom of well. I raised it 1 to 2 ft and it did not change the water color. So I pulled the well and found out that the bottom of the pump was only 140 ft deep and the top of the water is 20 to 30 ft from the top of the casing. I dropped a string with a weight to see just how beep the well was which was 90 to 100 ft deeper than the pump motor so the motor is not on the bottom. I installed a sediment filter after replacing the pump in the well. Now I have to drain it after 10 min. of water use and the hole house filter has to be changed after a shower use of water. :wall:[B]PLEASE HELP WHAT IS GOING ON? WHAT CAN I DO? I AM ALL OUT OF THINGS I CAN THINK OF.[/B]