Water Softeners and Air Filtration Systems - Iron Bacteria

Are there diffrent types of Bacteria you can have in your water?

Besides iron bacteria, someone told me that you could have "slime bacteria" or "sulfur bacteria" in your water which would cause the rotten egg/sulfur odor in your water. Is the sulfur bacteria the same as calling it "hydrogen sulfide" in the water?

Thanks.

Yes there are a number of different types of bacteria found in wells that can cause odor problems. Most cause a H2S odor but... H2S is also found as naturally ocurring in ground water and you can have the odor without the bacteria being present in the well. You treat bacteria caused odor with a disinfectant anf natural H2S by oxidation although disinfection does both.

Gary
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Doug Aleshire, Super Moderator 2

Yes they are the same. You need to chorinate your well. Bleach gets rid of Hydrogen Sulfide (rotten egg). You should pour a small amount of bleach into your well monthly. About a cup. Bleach totally kills this bacteria. Let it sit in the well over night.

Now the iron is a different story - I haven't figured that one out yet.

Chlorine will take care of the iron too, depending on how high it is, but you need more regular contact, once a month won't do it.......you do need contact time to treat iron, usually 20 to 30 minutes does the trick, once you've done that the iron will come back before the next treatment....look at installing a chlorinator.....i prefer a parastolic pump.....if you have a submersable well you can inject into casing and not worry about doing any plumbing