Smelly Cold Water

[fatsheep]

Hi,
Recently I've been getting an unpleasant sulphur/eggy smell when I run cold water in the morning. It doesn't recur until the next day. Running hot water doesn't cause the smell so I reckon that rules out bad rods in the heater.
Water is fine to look at and taste so I suspect that it is some sort of "gas" build up over night.
I live in a very small village and at this time of the year all the holiday cottages are empty, could the lack of people running water be causing it to "stagnate"? Any ideas or simular experiences would be a help.
Cheers
David Goff

 

[biffvernon]

If the smelly water is coming in directly from the mains and not via a tank in your property, I'd be inclined to think that it justifies a call to the water company.


(Oooh, that's me over a thousand. Must remember to get a life.)

 

[BMcD]

Here you are Biff, try these
http://secondlife.com/

 

[biffvernon]

Arghhh, Noooo, don't go there

 

[Lime]

If the smelly water is coming in directly from the mains and not via a tank in your property, I'd be inclined to think that it justifies a call to the water company.

I agree.

 

[Penners]

Oooh, that's me over a thousand. Must remember to get a life.

Nah - all of your life so far has only been a preparation for this moment.


(Hey, that's rather good. Must remember to start my own religion.)

 

[Nemesis]

Nah - ths one's still by far the best I've come across...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1560140,00.html

http://www.venganza.org/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

 

[BMcD]

Well Penners if you drop the R you too could have have your own pasta basd religion

 

[Penners]

Well Penners if you drop the R you too could have have your own pasta basd religion

As an ardent food worshipper, I thoroughly approve of that idea, Middi.

Except that it would be rather inaccurate to call me Penne, because I'm certainly not hollow in the middle.

 

[MdB]

Well Penners if you drop the R you too could have have your own pasta basd religion

Has already been done....

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
(very funny if you are at all anti religous or like to go ARRGGH in a pirate voice)

 

[middi]

If Michelangelo had opted for that version he would have been put to the stake, and it would have been totally unjustified as nobody should take the pee out of spaghetti, penne or anything to do with pasta.

They are in control of the excrement and it's consistensy as it departs from the human body, in this context MdB link is totally justified in all it's content because, as far as I am concerned , if that lot decides to solidify the world as I ( we ) know it will be defunct.

Therefore more important than religion and anybody going by that name ( Penners) should be made the patron saint of pasta.

 

[joatex]

If you have noticed the smell when running water into the washbasin (and your nose close to the basin) it maybe that the basin overflow is blocked. Stagnant water and material there will smell like a blocked drain. See if clearing the overflow with soda crystals will help

 

[BMcD]

Or if you have a couple of wastes going into the same pipe then one may be syphoning off the water trap from the other thus allowing foul smell to enter the room

 

[fatsheep]

Thanks for the ideas.
Yorkshire water "solved" this by suggesting that they had a temporary problem with local supply, harmless of course. Their suggestion was to run the water until the smell goes away, exactly the same solution as their one for the cloudly water our whole village suffers from.

 

[Moo]

In that case, I just hope they've not made you install a water meter.

 

[Penners]

Thanks for the ideas.
Yorkshire water "solved" this by suggesting that they had a temporary problem with local supply, harmless of course. Their suggestion was to run the water until the smell goes away, exactly the same solution as their one for the cloudly water our whole village suffers from.

Actually the two problems are probably related. If you look closely at the cloudiness, it's probably millions of tiny bubbles, that are caused by air entering the water supply at some point and aerating the water. This can happen if the water authorities ahve been working on the main.

To check whether this is the case, run a glass of the cloudy water and let it stand for a few minutes. You should see the cloudiness start to rise towards the surface and eventually disappear.

This kind of cloudiness is harmless.

 

[Jane Smith]

When our water was cloudy we let a glass of it stand, and the cloudiness settled to the bottom. That was nice.

Our well water sometimes tastes funny. The last time it went off we had a sample tested at great cost and were told it was fine, with no contamination present. It tasted stale and almost fishy, with a disinfectant smell to it. We cleaned the filters, drank bottled water for a couple of weeks and eventually it went away.

 

[Penners]

When our water was cloudy we let a glass of it stand, and the cloudiness settled to the bottom.

In a case like that, you let the sediment settle, drink the water, then spoon out the sediment and spread it on your roses. :x

 

[fatsheep]

Our cloudy water is indeed of the type that clears in the glass and is harmless, caused, said Yorkshire, Water when they did work.
Trouble is this was 6 months ago and it still happens.