Posts Tagged “hydrogen sulfide”
Many times in life we will unknowingly get exposed to potentially harmful contaminants — and never know about it. Other times we know about it and just don’t know what to do about it. Today’s inquiry came to us from a woman named ‘Rachel’ who asked, Hi..I work in an office building in brooklyn (11211) [...]
When recently discussing hydrogen sulfide in water, commonly referred to as ‘that nasty rotten egg smell’, we mentioned that in some cases sulfates served as the source for of the gas — usually through some sort of chemical reduction or breakdown of the sulfates. Test kit for sulfates in drinking water While it may not [...]
We get asked about this all the time, so once again we will address the topic of rotten egg smells in water… this time for a woman who suspects something has gone wrong with either her or her neighbor’s septic tank. Sandra77D wrote in and asked, “Hi. My water stinks like something awful. Rotten eggs [...]
‘Tanya1975′ asked… We bought a house that has a system for water filtering in it and we think the earlier owners were kinda’ nasty and probably did not change the stuff in the system. Ever. And it looks like it’s been here a while. Do you know where we can get new filter stuff for [...]
A commonly occurring problem with well water… the smell of rotten eggs in the water. Not a pleasant smell at all and in some cases the smell can nearly knock a person over when the concentration gets too high. What causes that rotten egg smell in water? Usually it comes from the presence of dissolved [...]