Need help with sulphur smelling water
Ok guys- different type of question hope someone can help I have well water and a whole house walter filter I just had the filters changed and within 4 weeks the sulphur smell has returned Althou...
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agesilaus wrote:Jetstreamer wrote:
Isn’t the sulfur smell a product of iron content in the water?
I have an iron filter on my well system and without it I have sulfur smelling water...
No, Sulfur is Sulfur a yellow solid and Iron is that metal we all know. Iron Reducing bacteria and sulfate reducing bacteria will produce Hydrogen Sulfide as a byproduct of eating iron and yes then there will also be iron dissolved in the water. These are anaerobic bacteria and can only live in the absence of oxygen. Some people think they are the remnants of ancient life here on earth before the atmosphere was filled with oxygen. No they are forced into tiny biomes where there is no O2. Like underneath corrosion (aka rust) layers.
The situation is more complicated than I describe above but I tried to simplify it.
Thank you
