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13 Water Problems Your Toilet Tank Might Tell You About Your Water

One problem we often hear about is unpleasant odors from some. However, not all of the fixtures in the house come with Toilet Tank Problems.

For example, the upstairs bathroom shower has a bad odor, but the downstairs kitchen and bath have no odor.

This can be caused by biofilms of iron and/or sulfur bacteria forming in certain sections of the home plumbing that are not used as much as others.

Some wells have high levels of these bacteria, which metabolize sulfates in the water and produce hydrogen sulfide gas, which give the water the terrible ‘rotten-egg’ odor.

(If you want to learn more about dirty water, check out this post)

How To Fix Your Toilet Tank Problems?

Step 1: Shock Chlorinating The Well

First, shock chlorinating the well can reduce and/or eliminate the bacteria's activity in the short run.

However, these bacteria live in pipes inside bio-film, which is a microscopic gelatinous coating, in which they live in and multiply. Some pipes in the home that are not used as much as others will allow these bio-films to form and for the odors to come back.

You may wonder how you can tell if you have iron bacteria. One way is to use an iron bacteria test kit and actually test for it. The other way is to look in your toilet's flush tank!

Simply remove the lid on the toilet tank and look inside. Some signs of iron or sulfur bacteria are slime, a stringy material growing out from the sides, or bubbles/froth on the top of the water in the tank.

Besides iron bacteria, your toilet tanks can tell you if you have copper corrosion (blue water), sediment, or other contaminants in the water:

 

 

For bacterial problems, we recommend a series of chlorine shocking the piping, once a month for several months.

Eventually, this will eliminate the problem.

Step 2: Disinfection System Using Chlorination Or UV Light

If you find it won’t go away, you can also install a disinfection system using chlorination or UV light to destroy the bacteria as they enter the home from the well.

Also, perform an inspection of your water heater by draining the water heater and removing and inspecting the anode rod.

If the anode rod is worn or severely corroded, you can replace it with an aluminum-zinc type, which may help reduce the water heater's odor.

We hope this information helps you solve your problems. If you have any further questions, you can reach us at support@cleanwaterstore.com or on Facebook. Happy flushing!

 

 

 

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