I have a well, pressure pump, whole-house filter, water softener and iron filter system. My water smells horrible! Try brushing your teeth with it gross! What can I do? Is it the water heater that's making it smell?
2007-10-12 01:58:00 · 9 answers · asked by Annieme71 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
you will need a potassium permanganate water filter system and a chlorine injector put in the system to get rid of this smell...you will also need to remove the anode rod in your water heater or your hot water will still smell very bad...
2007-10-12 05:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely it is from the water heater. You can tell by turning on the cold water from a faucet and smell the water coming out. If there is not a sulfur smell then switch it off and turn on the hot water and smell the water. I had similar situation at my house which I had sold. To get rid of my problem I had to pour Chlorox down the well. I was told to pour one gallon for every 100 feet of depth that the well was in the ground. In my case, my well was 500 feet deep. So 5 gallons of Chlorox went into the well. Then get yourself a garden hose and hook it to the bottom drain of your hot water heater. Put the other end of the hose outside. Open up the drain of the water heater and let the water drain out of it until you can smell the chlorox. Then close up the drain to the hotwater heater and open all spickets one or two at a time in your house until you can smell the chlorox coming through. This will get the rotten egg smell out. When I was having this problem, I did some reading and since this was several years ago I cannot remember what it was exactly, but I will do my best to explain. Inside the water heater their is a metal object and it needs to be changed to another type of material. The reaction of this metal object with the well water is creating this smell. I'm sorry I don't know what this is, but a plumber who is familiar with well systems should know. Good luck.
2007-10-12 02:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by DoogieT 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What you have is sulfur in your water. It combines with the oxygen to give off the rotten egg smell. Unless you have an allergy to sulfur and sulfur compounds, it won't hurt you to drink although I am not sure how you would get past your nose to do it. There is an area of Oklahoma around a town called Sulfur, known for the water of this type. People drink it their entire lives without noticeable troubles. In older days, when people had no knowledge of antibiotics, water from springs of this sort used to be associated with their healing properties and health benefits. Most of the smell will dissipate after exposure to the open air, after a time depending on the amount of sulfur in the water to begin with, but if you put it in a jar in the fridge for cold water and cover it, you will notice the smell again on opening. It smells worse warm or hot than it does cold, though. It will tend to make your clothes take on a yellowish hue if washed in it, though, so if this is your only choice of water, I'd suggest a filter to remove it. Local health officials will be able to assist you in finding a place to have your water analyzed, and be able to give you more information about what to do. Sometimes the local agriculture department agent, farm agent or such can also provide assistance. If you are allergic to sulfur, though, you might as well move unless you can get a better water supply.
2016-04-08 05:03:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the hot and cold water is the same, then it's the well water quality is bad. The zinc anode in the heater is for electrolysis. Most tank lining is steel and pipes are copper in and out so a good plumber will install a special union that is non conductive to electrolysis. The zinc anodes is to protect the metal in the hot water tank from metal corrosion.
2007-10-12 02:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by SilentDoGood 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
patricia is right. the anode rod in your tank is designed to collect minerals in the water. the problem with well water is there are too many minerals and the rod corrodes.even if you remove the rod now[its screwed in at the top of the tank,near where the water lines go in] you will still have to flush all the white mush at the bottom. if you chose to install a new tank,make sure the installer removes the rod.this is common practise with well water
2007-10-12 02:25:54 · answer #5 · answered by ben s 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try a reverse osmosis filter. I have one and have seen them used in the dry areas in Utah where the 'well water' is full of minerals (it tastes like salt).
2007-10-12 02:06:19 · answer #6 · answered by bum_for_3_months 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is the water heater. Had the same prob' Spent $1,000 on water filtration and still stunk..... Took rod out of water heater and it is gone!
2007-10-12 02:05:31 · answer #7 · answered by PATRICIA MS 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no its in the well, the water is passing thru sulfer, , not much you can do about it.
2007-10-12 02:03:35 · answer #8 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try chlorination injector pump
2007-10-12 04:37:25 · answer #9 · answered by tom the plumber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋