Doherty Plumbing
Journeyman & Gas Fitter
Hello everyone,
I got a call from a client a while back telling me that his domestic water smelled like rotten eggs. He is on a well system and I was at that time not 100% sure what the problem was but I was pretty sure a carbon filter was the answer.
So I did some research and even started a thread on here about the problem. After some reading and responses on here it became pretty obvious that this system was contaminated in the well with some kind of bacteria putting of S02 gas. I came to this conclusion because both his hot and cold would give off the smell not just the hot.
The gentleman dug around for me and found a water analysis report he had done in April of 2007. He assured me the water hadn't changed much since then and the report should still be valid.
But I have to admit water quality / well systems are not my strongest areas of expertise!
The client also told me that he had an iron filter installed already and wondered if that had anything to do with it if it wasn't working properly. I was pretty sure that the iron filter wouldn't have anything to do with it.
Anyway what I did was copy the water analysis report into an HTML table so I could share it with you folks and let you have a look at it! If you can tell me ANYTHING that will help this mans water problem would be very much appreciated!
Thank you for your time!
Here is the analysis report: CLICK HERE FOR THE REPORT!
PS. I have highlighted the sulfate and iron contents for your convenience!
I got a call from a client a while back telling me that his domestic water smelled like rotten eggs. He is on a well system and I was at that time not 100% sure what the problem was but I was pretty sure a carbon filter was the answer.
So I did some research and even started a thread on here about the problem. After some reading and responses on here it became pretty obvious that this system was contaminated in the well with some kind of bacteria putting of S02 gas. I came to this conclusion because both his hot and cold would give off the smell not just the hot.
The gentleman dug around for me and found a water analysis report he had done in April of 2007. He assured me the water hadn't changed much since then and the report should still be valid.
But I have to admit water quality / well systems are not my strongest areas of expertise!
The client also told me that he had an iron filter installed already and wondered if that had anything to do with it if it wasn't working properly. I was pretty sure that the iron filter wouldn't have anything to do with it.
Anyway what I did was copy the water analysis report into an HTML table so I could share it with you folks and let you have a look at it! If you can tell me ANYTHING that will help this mans water problem would be very much appreciated!
Thank you for your time!
Here is the analysis report: CLICK HERE FOR THE REPORT!
PS. I have highlighted the sulfate and iron contents for your convenience!