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Symptom |
Problem |
Cause |
Treatment |
| soap scum; white deposits in pipes, water heater, kettles | Hard Water |
calcium and magnesium in water | cation-exchange water softener |
| abrasive water, residual grit left in sink or tub | Grittiness |
fine sand or silt | repair or replace well screen, install sand filter |
| fishy, musty or earthy smell | Odor |
organic matter, algae | activated carbon filter, chlorination |
| chlorine smell | chlorination in public or private well | activated carbon filter | |
| rotten egg, sulfurous smell | dissolved hydrogen sulfide | greensand filter | |
| sulfur or iron bacteria | disinfect well and all plumbing with bleach | ||
| gasoline smell | leaking underground storage tanks; fuel spills on surface | activated carbon filter on a short-term basis; seek new water supply | |
| chemical odor | industrial wastes | activated carbon filter on a short-term basis; seek new water supply | |
| green stains on sinks, blue-green cast to water | Acid Water |
acid or carbon dioxide in water reacting with copper pipes | install pH neutralizer or filter; make well deeper |
| salty or brackish flavor | Taste |
high chloride or magnesium content | reverse osmosis; distillation; water softener |
| metallic taste | low pH or high metal concentration in water | pH neutralizer; filters | |
| yellowish cast to water; yellow stains on washable clothes and bathroom fixtures | Yellow Water |
tannins created from water passing through decaying vegetation | anion-exchange water softener; activated carbon filter |
| brown-red stains on fixtures, dishes and laundry; water turns red when heated; darkens coffee, tea and other beverages | Red Water, |
dissolved iron; water appears clear when first drawn at faucet | water softener; iron filter |
| reddish-colored water with particles settling to bottom of glass | precipitated iron, water not clear when first drawn at faucet | greensand filter, water softener | |
| brownish cast to water, no settling of particles; slime in toilet | iron bacteria | disinfect well and plumbing with bleach | |
| black stains on fixtures and laundry | Black Water |
interaction of carbon dioxide or organic matter with manganese | manganese filter |