The rotten egg smell coming from a chemical called hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen is the sulfur reducing bacteria that sometimes reside in various parts of the shallow aquifer produces.
Hydrogen sulfide is the product of the metabolism of bacteria is if you reduce the sulfur to produce energy. Basically, hydrogenis a product of bacterial waste.
Only a few wells have this problem. Rather it is whether you have a dug-well or boring, but can occur in any well in a shallow aquifer. Sometimes it is a seasonal problem, with other wells at any time.
Hydrogen gives a very strong chemical smell. The human threshold for detection of hydrogen sulfide is a concentration of only 0.0005 ppm. At 0.1 ppm, is very unpleasantPeople.
As bad as it smells, at low concentrations in water, and is not toxic. Nor is it an inconvenience is only an aesthetic problem. The chemical is easily removed from the water too. E 'easily oxidized by chlorine or other oxidizing agents. I have treatment facilities on three sites that have installed hydrogen sulfide in water. I used hydrogen peroxide to oxidize the hydrogen sulfide, with great success. If the water has a pH less than 7 reduces sulfursulfur dioxide, has no odor. At a pH above 7, forms the sulfate does not stink too much. As a bonus, hydrogen peroxide is reduced to water and produces chemicals from products such as chlorine can.
The chemical can also be removed with a filter with active carbon. You can use the whole house in a built-in filter, small filters that never happens, and have a separate drink only tap water or cook with the treated or the jars with waterbuilt-in activated carbon filters. Since the activated carbon filters are an excellent breeding ground for bacteria, is of utmost importance to replace the filter at intervals recommended by the manufacturer.
Hydrogen is also a product of microbiological activity in the sewers, and is a part of the sewer gas. Often people complain about the smell of rotten eggs in their water actually smells like sewer gas.
Rinse all have a so-called P-trap, empty their drains. I'm sure you've seen the gooseneckPipes under a sink. The purpose of a P-trap is the trap a little water in flight at any time as a barrier to sewer gas. Some P-traps of the smaller design when you turn on the faucet, the water flows to overcome, and to allow some sewer gas coming out of the gutter. You will then smell some sewer gas and is associated with water, because you can not smell it before you open the faucet.
While the smell of rotten eggs in your water is a nuisance, but caneasily removed with some simple technologies.