Sulfur smelling water

: Im buying a house but the water (hot and cold) smells like sulfur. The water supply in the area is good. What could cause this and what can I do to remedy this?is the house on a well or city water?

: : : Im buying a house but the water (hot and cold) smells like sulfur. The water supply in the area is good. What could cause this and what can I do to remedy this?: is the house on a well or city water?Im not sure Im doing this right, but you should probably have the water tested since chemically contaminated water can smell like sulfur water, but if it is definitely sulfur, investigate neighboring areas before digging another well. we live in an area where everyone has sulfur water around us, so we got a filtration system from rainsoft. I dont really recommend them but we didnt have time to check around. The system works, but they installed ours wrong so we had problems. After a lot of hastle they fixed it, but we havent even used it 9 months and it doesnt work again. It cost a fortune in bleach, and I still have to buy water for cooking and drinking even though they falsely claimed that the carbon filter took out the bleach. We have had two of those but could never drink the water, and most of our clothes were ruined in the wash. There are systems out there but dont jump in until you investigate, and dont get pushed into a purchase. None of us like this house when it stinks. If I wash my face in the bathroom, the whole upstairs stinks. Definitely get something set up before you buy, or youll regret it later. Good Luck, diane

Sulfur occurs naturally in groundwater. Of course in some areas it is more pronounced. It doesnt mean the water is necessarily contaminated. Im assuming the source is a private well in which case periodic testing is always a good idea. The local health dept. may be able to run some simple indicators tests for little or no money.A powder activated carbon (PAC) unit would probably do the trick. For a home, a unit containing about 3 cubic feet of carbon is appropriate. Depends on flow though. Make sure to get a point of entry unit.

We have had city water for several years here recently we have noticed a strong sulfer smell in our hot water. what could be causing this sulfer smell?

when I was a child we lived in a town Canandagua, NY, where we had sulfur water. We drank it, washed in it, cooked in it – it was used for everything. This was in the early 1950s. Could this have been harmful in any way? I remember hating the smell of it. It was in everything, and we actually plugged our noses while drinking.

: We have had city water for several years here recently we have noticed a strong sulfer smell in our hot water. what could be causing this sulfer smell?

: : The smell is probably comming from a sulfite reducing bacteria in the water heater. i suggest removing the annode rod from the water heater. This usually corrects the problem.

I am about to purchase a home and the home inspector just went through the home and when he went in the bathroom and he turned on the sink and the bathtub water, the whole room filled up with a sulfur smell very bad. Now I have never smelled an odor before that day and I have been in the house several times. Now the home inspector told me that there were no stack vents in the house and that that was a code violation for one, but it also could be the reason for the high sulfur smell.Has anyone ever heard of this before or any suggestions.Thanks,

: Sulfur occurs naturally in groundwater. Of course in some areas it is more pronounced. It doesnt mean the water is necessarily contaminated. Im assuming the source is a private well in which case periodic testing is always a good idea. The local health dept. may be able to run some simple indicators tests for little or no money.: A powder activated carbon (PAC) unit would probably do the trick. For a home, a unit containing about 3 cubic feet of carbon is appropriate. Depends on flow though. Make sure to get a point of entry unit.

: : I too own a house witha sulfur odor problem and after purchasing a carbon filtration system and a water soften to the tune of $3000+ the problem is still with us due to the fact that in order for it to work, i has to pump a 30-40 minute cycle a night which in turn end up filling our septic system rather quickly. Any suggestions?

: : : I too own a house witha sulfur odor problem and after purchasing a carbon filtration system and a water soften to the tune of $3000+ the problem is still with us due to the fact that in order for it to work, i has to pump a 30-40 minute cycle a night which in turn end up filling our septic system rather quickly. Any suggestions?:do you have a sump pump? have the filter pump the water into the sump instead of the septic.