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Sulfate removal - Sulfer Smell in water Zephyr 11-07-2007
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Posted by Zephyr on November 7, 2007, 9:49 am
Hey everyone,

I have an on going issue with my well water that I wonder if you could
help me solve.

The problem is the rotten egg sulfer smell in my water.
here's the situation. The Smell exists consistantly at 1 upstairs
cold water faucet, It does not occur on the lower level cold
faucets. ( all the taps have seperate cold and hot controls) The
faucet it smells at is the most commonly used faucet the other
upstairs faucet is rarely used, and does not share the smell.

At times the hot water in all taps/shower heads will smell of sulfer,
and I have taken to pouring Hydrogen Peroxide into the hotwater heater
every now and then when the smell gets stronger. That has worked, but
usually wears off in a month or so. I have replaced the annode rod
with a different type, Its not aluminum, but I can't remember what it
was anymore. But when I pull it to pour in the H2O2 it has a nice
slimey white goop on it.

To try and kill the smell in the upstairs cold tap I have put hydrogen
peroxide in the the whole house filter canister. That has helped, but
only for a day or two. When I put the hydrogen peroxide in the filter
I get black flecks in the water for the next day as well. My
assumption is that the black flecks are from the reaction between the
H2O2 and the sulfate that I have in my water.

I just got my annual County water test results back and it shows a
sulfate concentration of 65.5 mg/L Fluoride Nitrite Nitrate were all
not detected, and Chloride was 5.2 mg/L

What steps can I take to help permanently get rid of the sulfer
smell? is it a result of the sulfate that I have in my water?

I'd like to have any solution apply to the whole house, and am not
excited by the idea of having a seperate POU RO tap. Would an
activated Carbon filter help? or an anion exchanger or ???

Dave


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Posted by Speedy Jim on November 7, 2007, 11:12 am
Zephyr wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I have an on going issue with my well water that I wonder if you could
> help me solve.
>
> The problem is the rotten egg sulfer smell in my water.
> here's the situation. The Smell exists consistantly at 1 upstairs
> cold water faucet, It does not occur on the lower level cold
> faucets. ( all the taps have seperate cold and hot controls) The
> faucet it smells at is the most commonly used faucet the other
> upstairs faucet is rarely used, and does not share the smell.
>
> At times the hot water in all taps/shower heads will smell of sulfer,
> and I have taken to pouring Hydrogen Peroxide into the hotwater heater
> every now and then when the smell gets stronger. That has worked, but
> usually wears off in a month or so. I have replaced the annode rod
> with a different type, Its not aluminum, but I can't remember what it
> was anymore. But when I pull it to pour in the H2O2 it has a nice
> slimey white goop on it.
>
> To try and kill the smell in the upstairs cold tap I have put hydrogen
> peroxide in the the whole house filter canister. That has helped, but
> only for a day or two. When I put the hydrogen peroxide in the filter
> I get black flecks in the water for the next day as well. My
> assumption is that the black flecks are from the reaction between the
> H2O2 and the sulfate that I have in my water.
>
> I just got my annual County water test results back and it shows a
> sulfate concentration of 65.5 mg/L Fluoride Nitrite Nitrate were all
> not detected, and Chloride was 5.2 mg/L
>
> What steps can I take to help permanently get rid of the sulfer
> smell? is it a result of the sulfate that I have in my water?
>
> I'd like to have any solution apply to the whole house, and am not
> excited by the idea of having a seperate POU RO tap. Would an
> activated Carbon filter help? or an anion exchanger or ???
>
> Dave
>

Disclaimer: I'm not a well expert nor chemist.

I used to go thru the ritual of pouring disinfectant
into the heater. As you note, it's helpful temporarily.

I now have a home-brew chlorinator feeding dilute bleach solution
into the storage tank inlet. This has been a very effective
fix for some years now. (I understand that there are better
chemicals to use rather than plain bleach but it does work.)

My $.02

Jim

Posted by Frank on November 7, 2007, 12:01 pm
Zephyr wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I have an on going issue with my well water that I wonder if you could
> help me solve.
>
> The problem is the rotten egg sulfer smell in my water.
> here's the situation. The Smell exists consistantly at 1 upstairs
> cold water faucet, It does not occur on the lower level cold
> faucets. ( all the taps have seperate cold and hot controls) The
> faucet it smells at is the most commonly used faucet the other
> upstairs faucet is rarely used, and does not share the smell.
>
Maybe smell is actually coming from drains. Drain cleaner would solve that.

Frank

Posted by on November 7, 2007, 1:02 pm
> Hey everyone,
>
> I have an on going issue with my well water that I wonder if you could
> help me solve.
>
> The problem is the rotten egg sulfer smell in my water.
> here's the situation. The Smell exists consistantly at 1 upstairs
> cold water faucet, It does not occur on the lower level cold
> faucets. ( all the taps have seperate cold and hot controls) The
> faucet it smells at is the most commonly used faucet the other
> upstairs faucet is rarely used, and does not share the smell.
>
> At times the hot water in all taps/shower heads will smell of sulfer,
> and I have taken to pouring Hydrogen Peroxide into the hotwater heater
> every now and then when the smell gets stronger. That has worked, but
> usually wears off in a month or so. I have replaced the annode rod
> with a different type, Its not aluminum, but I can't remember what it
> was anymore. But when I pull it to pour in the H2O2 it has a nice
> slimey white goop on it.
>
> To try and kill the smell in the upstairs cold tap I have put hydrogen
> peroxide in the the whole house filter canister. That has helped, but
> only for a day or two. When I put the hydrogen peroxide in the filter
> I get black flecks in the water for the next day as well. My
> assumption is that the black flecks are from the reaction between the
> H2O2 and the sulfate that I have in my water.
>
> I just got my annual County water test results back and it shows a
> sulfate concentration of 65.5 mg/L Fluoride Nitrite Nitrate were all
> not detected, and Chloride was 5.2 mg/L
>
> What steps can I take to help permanently get rid of the sulfer
> smell? is it a result of the sulfate that I have in my water?
>
> I'd like to have any solution apply to the whole house, and am not
> excited by the idea of having a seperate POU RO tap. Would an
> activated Carbon filter help? or an anion exchanger or ???
>
> Dave

I think the real question is where is the smell coming from? If your
well has a hydrogen sulfide issue, then you should smell that in every
water source hot or cold. If it is only from a single faucet, you
have a plumbing issue...though I could not imagine what that would
be.

I had a nasty hydrogen sulfide issue and I tried a whole house
backflushing pyrolox filter. I have great water now that is tasteless
and odorless. I bought the setup from budgetwater.com and it cost
about $600. I can tell you that has been one of the best investments
I have made in my house to date. They have a version of pyrolox
called terminox.


Posted by Toller on November 7, 2007, 1:10 pm

> Hey everyone,
>
> I have an on going issue with my well water that I wonder if you could
> help me solve.
>
I don't know how long you have been there, but you get used to it. I don't
even notice the stench from my shower anymore.



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