Water and Rotten Egg Smells – Where it Comes From and What You Can Do

If you have a well for your drinking water, or are on a well system, changes are you may have noticed a rotten egg smell coming from the taps. The rotten egg smell you comes from a chemical called hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is produced by sulfur reducing bacteria that sometimes reside in various parts of shallow water aquifers.

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