On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 3:19:20 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:47:09 -0400, KC wrote:


So, by your statement I assume that pipe and pump is suspended and not
resting on the bottom of the well? If so, there must be something else


There is a good chance the pump is not all the way to the bottom of
the well. My well is 200' but the static water level is about 30'


FWIW, I seriously doubt any pump would be resting on the bottom of a well. The well naturally fills up with sediment over time, and if you placed the pump on the bottom you'd be sucking up sediment and having problems before long.

My old well was 385', and this house has one that's 305'. Both are 6" rock wells, and in both cases the pumps are down only about 150'. As you point out, the water level is within 15-30 feet of the surface. With the old well, the pump wasn't even below the end of the casing, it went down 180'.