Well Water

[ziggette]

What can we do to get the sulphur smell and taste out of our well water? I am getting used to it but would rather not.

[Murron]

Ziggette - I will be interested in the replies, and I am right there beside you as far as the stinky well water problem... Wish I had the answer...

[fishhead]

You can try bleaching your well and plumbing system. That will kill the bacteria.

[watcher]

There are several ways the cheapest is how they do it around here. They use aerators. The water is pumped by the main pump from the well and sprayed into what is basically a vented holding tank. Between the spraying and them time the water spends in the tank the H2S to outgassed. A second pump is used to send the water to the house.

[MaryNY]

I have done some research on this subject for some friends. Here is a few of the websites I came up with:

http://www.equinox-products.com/MetalMaster.htm

http://www.thewaterexchange.net/well-water-filters.htm

http://www.cleanwaterstore.com/pyrolox-filters.html

I believe "Real Goods" (Google it) has some filters capable of getting the hydrogen sulfide out of water, as well.

Also, "getting used to it" might be an option, if the contaminates in the water weren't caustic enough to cause you to have to replace faucets and pipes on an almost yearly basis.

Good luck!

MaryNY

[uncle Will in In.]

Are you getting your water from a new well, or one that has been in service for a few years? If you have a newer well, and have a sulphur smell (taste) it is probably coming from your water vein. However many get a nasty stink in the water after they have been in use for some time. With a drilled well the common way to clean out this rotten odor is to shock the well with bleach. A couple gallon of bleach is poured down the well pipe after removing the cap on top. Then the water is run run out all your faucets one at a time until the bleach odor is strong in the water coming out. This includes the hot water faucets and stools. After doing this let the water stand in the pipes for a few hours. Then flush out all the bleach water. This will take a few days so have a supply of drinking water on hand.

[tamsam]

If you have a septic system be careful how much bleach water you pump down the drains. My ex's in Fla had to put a water softner on to get rid of that god awful rotten egg smell. Good luck. Sam

[chas]

We put a device in the line that goes to our holding tank that pulls in air as the water flows into the tank.the iron oxidizes and is taken out by the sand filter we have in the line coming out of the tank.NO MORE CULLIGAN AND SALTY TASTE!!!!!!
Chas