Installing an aerator on the well head to remove sulfur odor
HELP! Our water's been tested and there is no bacteria but we have a sulfur odor when running cold water and were sold a 'sulfur kit' (aerator) to install on the well head. Can't find install instructions anywhere. HELP! This does not involve electricity, it's just a way to release the sulfur gas into the air. Should be simply really, but could use a diagram and instructions. Please let me know if you can help. THANKS! Most of these systems I've seen involve an air pump and tank. Aiir gets injected into the water and the sulphur gas is released and vented to the outdoors via a pipe or hose .Not an expert by any means, just what I've seen. Just venting the well wouldn't do anything I wouldn'r think. The well guys should know for sure. Can't you get any instructions/info from whoever sold you the 'sulfur kit'? btw - welcome to the forums! They said the sulphur rises to the top of the well head and will exit via the tube On our well (4 submersable), when we get a sulfur (rotten egg) smell we just shock it with a mixture of bleach and water. This kills the sulfur bacteria that causes the smell. Remove the well cap. Take the mixture and pour it down the well. Then turn on the garden hose and run it back down the well so the mixture washes the well walls. You should be able to smell the bleach. Then run the hoes in a safe location (away from kids, pets, plants you want to keep) until the bleach smell is gone. Our water also has the rotton egg smell. We have tried the bleach route and it works for awhile but the smell always comes back. I use a carbon wrap filter in our main water line. I like the Dupont 800 series filter. They last for about 2 months before changing. It takes the smell away completely for us. Alot of people don't believe in using filters, but I've been using them for years and it works for us. this isnt one of those little gadgets that hooks to a hose bib and pours water back into the well head is it?? if so, its junk. all it will do is make your pump cycle more than it should and make a very nasty mess inside your well casing from top of well head to water level. we've been drilling and servicing wells for 25 years in NE florida, and to date i have only seen 3 systems that will successfully remove sulfur (none of which are very cheap) that you dont have to stay on top of, such as bleach, filters, etc.... first and oldest is the separate jet pump, bladder tank, and aerator tank. 210 gallon tank that the well pump and tank feeds into.. the sulfur is released into the air, and there is another pump and tank that pumps the water from the 210 gal tank to the house. people have been using them around here forever, but alot of people dont like that the water is exposed to outside sitting in a tank with vent holes in it, feel they are drinking from a cow troff. next there is a watersoftener type system that water-right sells that is made for sulfur removal supposedly. i know the least about this one. i have only installed one, only because the guy begged me for it, but apparently it works because i have not heard back from him. it would be my last choice personally... i dont understand them as much, all of the electronics, and who knows how long they last. my 3rd and favorite choice is the odor oxidizer systems. this is what i have on my personal well. you can check them out at WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS odor removal sulfur smell in water. it hooks to your current pump and tank.. booster pump pulls the water from your current system along with air from an inductor into the fiberglass holding tank and releases the sulfur gas through a vent tube. we have been installing them a year or so now, and they are by far my favorite sulfur system. not to mention they run water to your house at a nice 80psi, which everyone loves. What's the cost on choice #3? i honestly have no clue what he would sell it to you for, website says call for pricing. i deal with Kemp. Here is a drawing that shows remove sulfur from well water. Its pretty simple, and works very well. As the water flows into the aeration tank, the water causes a venturi flow of air through the inlet tube. As the water inters the tank, the sulfur gas is released and is forced out the second vent tube, witch is vented to the atmosphere, and dissipates. A float switch in the tank, tells the well pump to come on and off to keep the aeration tank full. From there the booster pump is controlled by the pressure switch on the pressure tank. Just a thought. Travis that pic is a little vague, but i guess it kinda gives the idea. Yea, My CAD program gave out, so paint had to do. With the description and a shabby drawing, it gives an idea on how it works. The good part, It works better than anything on the market today.(IMO) Travis yea it was my suggestion #1 ... well with pump and tank, to aerator tank, then separate pump and tank, to pull water from the aerator tank to the house. all other outside water is to be ran off the raw well water. we have installed so many of these i cant count them, and i am still a big pusher of the aerator tanks. they are a proven method that has worked forever. in the year or so we have been selling them, and the 7-8 months that i have had my oxidizer system on my house, i must say i am very impressed with it, and havent regretted taking off the aerator yet. the pressure is awesome, you dont have to worry about cleaning them every 6 mo. like the aerator, and you dont need another pressure tank to fool with. you just open the valve on the bottom to drain the black junk once a year... i can handle that. if it keeps doing what it has been doing, i will kiss aerator tanks goodbye Originally Posted by justwater this isnt one of those little gadgets that hooks to a hose bib and pours water back into the well head is it?? if so, its junk. all it will do is make your pump cycle more than it should and make a very nasty mess inside your well casing from top of well head to water level. we've been drilling and servicing wells for 25 years in NE florida, and to date i have only seen 3 systems that will successfully remove sulfur (none of which are very cheap) that you dont have to stay on top of, such as bleach, filters, etc.... first and oldest is the separate jet pump, bladder tank, and aerator tank. 210 gallon tank that the well pump and tank feeds into.. the sulfur is released into the air, and there is another pump and tank that pumps the water from the 210 gal tank to the house. people have been using them around here forever, but alot of people dont like that the water is exposed to outside sitting in a tank with vent holes in it, feel they are drinking from a cow troff. next there is a watersoftener type system that water-right sells that is made for sulfur removal supposedly. i know the least about this one. i have only installed one, only because the guy begged me for it, but apparently it works because i have not heard back from him. it would be my last choice personally... i dont understand them as much, all of the electronics, and who knows how long they last. my 3rd and favorite choice is the odor oxidizer systems. this is what i have on my personal well. you can check them out at WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS odor removal sulfur smell in water. it hooks to your current pump and tank.. booster pump pulls the water from your current system along with air from an inductor into the fiberglass holding tank and releases the sulfur gas through a vent tube. we have been installing them a year or so now, and they are by far my favorite sulfur system. not to mention they run water to your house at a nice 80psi, which everyone loves. And the fact that you help sell these multi thousand dollar systems has absolutely no influence on your opinion...right? BTW, we spent @ $500 and went the aerator route and bleach the water every so often...so far, no problems at all.
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