It happens here on occasion as well (via city water). Seems rather random. It smells and tastes funny. Both hot and cold water so it's not a water heater thing. I remember looking it up and there are several factors that could lead to such thing but for the most part the authors seem to think it's nothing to worry about.
To piggyback onto this water thread, does anyone know the reasoning behind (what I assume is) aerated water? I do not have an aerator hooked up to the faucet spout. I've noticed this sometimes in hot water but recently I saw this happen with cold water for a couple of days. As an example. Fill up a glass with cold water via the spout. The water practically looks white. Let it set for a few minutes and it clears up (literally and figuratively). It no longer does that but seemed really strange. I do not have a water softener or other such device. City water and a gas water heater.
A lot of water contains dissolved sulfur di-oxide. especially, well water. When it sits for several hours the gas migrates upward. So, you smell it when you open the tap. Soon the water coming from the tap is better mixed, so you don't smell it.
The small amount it takes to smell is not enough to be harmful. You get more than that in a boiled egg.
Solution: ignore it. It is annoying, but nothing more.
KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid)On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 7:23 AM, shasha529 <shasha529@yahoo.com> wrote:Hi there, I am wandering why sometimes when I turn on my bathroom sink the water smells like i guess you would say sewage or some sort of rotton egg smell, it only lasts for a few seconds but this has happened a few times now and im gettin leary??? Does anyone know why this would happen?
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