Posted by Dennis on July 04, 2001 at 15:03:45:
In Reply to: rotten egg smell posted by Courtney on July 04, 2001 at 14:19:32:
: My mother purchased a new hot water heater and the water smells like rotten eggs.
You have hydrogen sulfide in the water. The hotter the water...the more of it comes out as an odor. The same should occur for heating a pot of water on the stove.
Where do you live? Call the water company.