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LESLIE: Jerry in Nebraska is dealing with some poor water quality [1] at home. Tell us what’s going on.
JERRY: We built a new house couple of years ago and in the last four or five months we’ve developed a sulphur odor in our kitchen [2].
TOM: Are you on city water or well water?
JERRY: Well water.
TOM: OK. When is the last time you had the water tested [3]?
JERRY: Three months ago right after this odor [4] started showing up.
TOM: And what did the test show?
JERRY: That everything was normal.
TOM: It might mean that the water is safe it just has a bad odor to it and in that case you may need to add a charcoal filter to the filtration system [5]. Do you have any kind of filter system on it now at all?
JERRY: It’s a Culligan filter with a 10-mitron filter but it basically just catches sand and rust particles.
TOM: Right, doesn’t affect taste. I would call the Culligan [6] guys; talk to them about the taste problem that you’re having, the odor problem; and find out if a charcoal filter might be in your future because I have a feeling that it is. And that will take that smell right out and I think you’ll be a lot happier with it.
JERRY: OK, thank you.
TOM: Jerry, thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
Links:
[1] http://moneypit.com/repair-and-improve/water-quality?quicktabs_1=0
[2] http://moneypit.com/article/water-odor-identifying-rotten-egg-smell
[3] http://moneypit.com/article/how-test-drinking-water-home
[4] http://moneypit.com/audio-q-a/get-rid-rotten-egg-smell-water-faucet
[5] http://moneypit.com/audio-q-a/when-use-water-filtration-system
[6] http://www.culligan.com