What about rust? My Dad mentioned it may be rust from the pipes and replacing would solve this problem. Is there anywhere you can take the water to be tested to find out exactly what the debris is?
The only cheap water testing is for bacterial contamination.
I'm sure there are labs around your area that will test for anything you want. Don't be surprised if they want over $100 up front.
Since the OP has "stuff" in the filters, the first thing should be to get a magnifier and LOOK at the stuff. Is it sand or "mud?" Is it plastic or metal? Is it "sludge?" Indeed, is it rust?
If nature has pulled a fast one and the bad water is "natural" he will have to call in folks to either drill a deeper well or treat the now bad water or both.
But the odds are good that if up to now he had good water the odds are that something wore out.
If (as is quite likely) he is seeing ground up internal pump parts, he really should bit the bullet and get the pump pulled up.
If you call the guys with the truck and experience on an emergency basis and want the water back on ASAP, you will have to buy whatever pump they happen to stock. That's OK for most and that was OK with us. But you might want something different like a variable speed pump that tends to keep your internal water pressure nearly constant rathern than the 30-50 psi swing with a regular on/off pump pressure switch. My old pump was your typical 3 wire (plus ground) model with a "control box" above ground. The control box contains a starting relay and capacitor. The replacement pump only uses 2 wires and all the starting stuff was built into the pump. So far so good. It does seem to make a little more "buzz" noise than the old pump. It's amazing that the noise can come up 200' of well pipe and another 50' to the house.
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