Rotten egg smell in water.

krobbe wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
From a person who has had both in my wells in my homes.

Sulfur water smells like rotten eggs. It is extremely 'soft' water.
Iron water is 'hard' water and creates iron/rust stains.

Soo, if you have sulfur water adding a water softener does nothing and does not remove the smell. Iron water CAN be treated by a water softener.

For residential the treatment system for sulfur water to remove all the smells costs around $3,000.

The treatment for Iron water? Hey! Culligan Man! :C

Those water treatment companies must really like you!
I just use salt with iron remover in my $200 softener and no more iron or rotten egg smell. I also replaced the magnesium anode in the water heater with an aluminum/zinc one to prevent the hydrogen sulfide buildup(rotten egg smell).

Heavy iron water has a smell to it also. If you have iron in the water it is not pure sulfur water. Sulfur water can not be treated with salt and iron remover pellets and again sulfur is already a 'soft' water. That said there are wells that have both. But Sulfur water alone leaves no rust deposits.

A water softener can soften the hardness of iron water and take out the smell 'from the iron'. A water softener won't do anything for sulfur water.

Been there done that in a 'residential' well water system.