Water heater rod?

by Yvette Anderson
(Indian Head, MD USA)

We live in a home with a well and we have been using the Culligan system for the last 6 years.

The Culligan system is okay but we still get the sulfur smell (at times), which doesn't allow us to feel comfortable enough to drink our tap water. We will however; cook and bath in the water.

I was once told that there was some type of rod that could be changed in my water heater to completely correct the problems that I am currently having with my system.

I have considered getting a reverse osmosis system as well but I even have reservation about that. Can you lend me your expert advise. Thank you.

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Jan 21, 2011
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by: RJ - H2O Services

Yvette, Pulling the Anode rod from the water heater will in most instances alleviate the rotten egg smell if the smell is only coming from the HOT WATER! Water heater should be chlorinated after removing the rod.
If the sulfur smell (rotten eggs) is coming from the cold water also than pulling the rod will have NO effect on the cold water smell.
This smell can be caused by many different things in the water IE: H2S, Iron bacteria and other water related issues. H2S (Hydrogen Sulfide) can very a great deal. From season to season, even day to day.
Your Culligan representative should have addressed this problem during their initial water analysis and recommended a solution for you.
There are solutions to get rid of this.
A Reverse Osmosis system is not the best solution for this problem as a point of use RO system only treats the water for drinking and cooking generally only at 1 sink with a separate tap.
Also the better water going into the RO system the better water coming out. It is not designed to remove H2S for very long as the Carbon pre-filter will get overwhelmed fairly quickly with H2S and potentially foul the membrane.
My recommendation is to contact your Culligan rep about this problem and ask why it was not addressed during your initial consultation.
A separate filtration system may very well be necessary before the softener to correct this problem.
I hope this helps,
RJ

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