Rotten egg smell in water.
Recently went camping to find water had sulfur, rotten egg smell to it. Had odd taste. Rinse system, used soda but smell/taste is still there. Noticed that hot water side has a white foamy appearan...
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krobbe wrote:
If you filled up or are currently connected to well water source, you may have iron in the water. I have to run my well water thru a softener with iron removing properties before filling my tank.
A rotten egg smell is common in rusty well water. The smell comes from non-disease-producing bacteria:E that feed off the iron. The smell also can be from sulfates in the water reacting to the magnesium anode rod in the water heater. High rust content can make the water taste metallic.
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If there is no immediate color when you draw water from the tap, your rusty water contains dissolved iron or ferrous oxide. Contact with the air gives the water a rust color. If the tap water is reddish brown or yellow right away, then the iron is undissolved, or insoluble ferric oxide.
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So I can probably conclude that the well water itself is rusty, and the source of the smell isn't coming from my camper plumbing. The water heater is brand new, but both cold and hot smell, and the fresh water tank has never been used, nor is the water discolored, but my 3-week-old toilet bowl is showing signs of rust streaks already. My only hope is to use some type of rust-removing filter or water softener?
