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jtking
Mar 26, 2009, 05:26 AM
I just built a new house and have water well about 2 years old. I have bad smell like rotten eggs. I'm not sure what to do. Its pretty bad!!
sarnian
Mar 26, 2009, 05:35 AM
Hello jtking
Is the water well perhaps polluted ? Rrotten egg smell points at hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas. Often caused by sulfate-reducing bacteria being present.
Have a look at this website with suggestions on how to solve that problem. (http://www.uldrinkwell.com/drinkwell/rotten_egg_smell.html)
Stratmando
Mar 26, 2009, 05:38 AM
Some Ideas here:
sulphur smell in well - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?q=sulphur+smell+in+well&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLR_enUS297)
speedball1
Mar 26, 2009, 06:24 AM
We have a lot of wells down here in Florida with " Sulphur Water". We aerate our water,(see image) to remove the gas. This simply means that the watrer is pumped, under pressure, through spray heads into a holding tank and then pumped back into the house from the tank. This make your stinky water fit to drink. Check out Aeration Tanks at; Action Manufacturing - SW Florida's leading manufacturer of water conditioning, water filtration, and water treatment systems (http://www.actionmfg.com/residential_aerators.asp)
Good luck, Tom