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HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN DRINKING WATER
HYDROGEN SULFIDEIN DRINKING WATERC auses and Treatment AlternativesMark L. McFarland and T. L. Provin** Associate Professor and Extension WATER Quality Coordina-tor and Assistant Professor and Extension Soil Chemist,The Texas A&M University SystemDrinking WATER with a nuisance rotten egg odor contains HYDROGEN SULFIDE (H2S), a gas that dissolves readily in WATER . This SULFIDE -rich WATER commonly isreferred to as sulfur typical concentrations in household WATER are not a health risk, high concen-trations do affect the taste of WATER . A concentration as low as milligram hydrogensulfide per liter of WATER (mg/l) is detectable bysmell by most people. As a point of reference, 1teaspoon of salt dissolved in 1,000 gallons of waterproduces a concentration equal to about 1 mg/l. Acharacteristic HYDROGEN SULFIDE taste can bedetected in WATER with a concentration as low mg/l. Some people become accustomed to theodor and taste and tolerate HYDROGEN SULFIDE levelsas high as 5 to 6 mg/l.
Sometimes hot water will have a “sour” smell, similar to that of an old damp rag. This smell often develops when the thermostat has been lowered to
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