First house with its own well, always "city" water before.
Experiencing a sulfur smell, sometimes light, sometimes heavy.
Anyone know what's going on here?
How to fix?
Aggravating to say the least.
Thanks

Could be something in the area that's in the water but I'd get a water test to rule anything else out.
You may need to get your water "shocked" or it could be for a number of other reasons.

Can you ignite your water?

Is this property in Iceland?

DLC, get a professional to test your water to select the proper filtration system and address the issue. Sounds like you have high iron content.
Also, get a home test kit that you can send off is another good option to verify.
Also, is the water heater new? I've had new heaters cause this due to the anode rod. Make sure to raise the temp on the heater above 120 to kill any iron bacteria.

Hydrogen sulfide. Look into a filtration system.

We have it too. Had to have the anodes removed and the water shocked with bleach to mitigate the smell. Our water was tested and found to be fine.

Part of it is what you're used to. E.g.: After having been on well water for nearly thirty years, both my wife and I can taste the slightest bit of chlorine in municipal water systems.

As the others said: You'd be wise to consult with a local water conditioning professional to have your water, water softener, etc. checked out.

Had a house with sulfur water a few decades back. Installed a potassium permanganate filter system. Problem solved. Need to test first to see if its the well or the existing equipment.

New house, new well? New house to you? Was a water test done at the time of the purchase? Results? Is there a well log with water test results attached to it?

This is where I would start.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
New house, new well? New house to you? Was a water test done at the time of the purchase?

Good point. I'd assumed he'd done that.

My Great grandfather's well (Lincoln County WV) smelled like rotten eggs and left a red ring around the sink/tub. My Grandparents house on the other side of the creek had the best well water I ever tasted.

I had one place where you could fill a bathtub and in a few minutes it would start turning brown.
That was an expensive filtration system for it. Magnetic sand, tanks, large tub of salt.
Looked like a prop set for some sci-fi movie.
Pretty much rented it monthly and they came out to service it. I added salt as needed but they swapped out the filters.

Worst well water I have seen, couldn't use it for anything.
Older house and property too. People just brought in jugs of spring water from up the road to drink and such, which was sweet water.
Screw that.

Since lots of serious posts already...

Once blaming the dog for toxic gas stops working, it's always wise to moving on to farting when you run the faucet

You may need an air over water pressure tank. You probably have a bladder tank. Check with a local well guy. In some areas you have to use an air over water tank to prevent smelly water.

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I live close to Front Royal and almost all well water in the area has that issue. Doesn't mean your water isn't safe to drink. The previous owner had a bleach solution system that took care of the problem but it died about 6 months after we bought. I had a two tank system installed that uses a filter media and air to remove the odor. No chemicals and it's worked great for years. My TDS (total dissolved solids) was quite high so I installed a reverse osmosis undersink system in the kitchen for all drinking water. Culligan will come to your house for free and do an extensive water test, however they'll want to sell you some pretty expensive solutions. Figure out what your issues are - sulfur, lead, TDS, bacteria, farming byproducts, etc before considering a system. Some systems treat numerous issues or have add ons to take care of others. You'll also need to figure out if you have hard or soft water. Having hard water will require a water softener as well.

If you run the cold water only for a while, does it smell? If the smell comes when using water from the HWH, it can be the anode in the heater. Change the anode.

http://www.annarbor.com/home-g...r-smell-in-my-water/

I have a chlorinator for my well water and that solved the problem.
I did go to a water specialist and had it installed. Good sized plastic holding tank that I fill up with water and add chlorinating liquid to. I was told not to use off the shelf bleach so I go to a pool place and buy the liquid.

we have, or had, the same issue

when we built, our well was strong enough that the water was running out of the vented well cap,

that did not set well, to me a well that water comes out of may have stuff get in it, so they capped it for me,

we started getting a sulfur smell , esp with hot water, afterwards,

hot water tank was fine,

ended up putting an aerator tank in front of the pressure tank, then a big blue 10 (I now use 5) micron filter after the pressure tank


smell went away,



we did have an algea/bacteria bloom a couple times over the past 17 yrs or so, and had to shock the well with Bleach

If it’s the hot water that smells and an old water heater, then it’s sulfate bacteria in the water heater. Crank the heater up to max (160) for a few days to kill the bacteria. You may want to replace the anode rod in the tank.

If it’s the cold water that smells, then get a professional out to treat the well.

As far as something getting into an artesian well, as long as water is coming out, nothing is going in against that flow.

You will need a filter. Back in high school my girlfriend’s well water had so much sulphur in it that I wouldn’t even use their ice cubes.