The drinking water problems listed here are just a few of the possible problems that may occur in some drinking water. You may not even see, smell, or taste some contaminants such as hexavalent chromium (chromium-6), radon, PCBs, VOCs, arsenic, nitrate, lead, fluoride, pesticides, and chloride. Sources of drinking water problems are human made or natural occurence such as erosions, CSOs, storm water runoffs, agricultural activities, wastewater discharges, failed septic tanks, failed underground oil storage, and many others.
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| My Drinking Water Problems | Possible Causes | Suggested Solution |
| Water tastes bad after change | Newly installed filter not properly flushed. Wrong filter size or model. | Check manufacturer’s installation instructions. The last step before the first drink may require that you run water through the filter several times. The smaller the filter size the better the chance of removing dissolved substance that cause taste and odor problems. Buy the manufacturer’s recommended size and/or model instead of a cheaper one that looks like the original. Click here for additional information |
| Filtered water taste bad or smell funny | Filter cartridge not replaced on time. | Click here for better information |
| Water taste like metals and stain clothing | Iron and Manganese | Iron removal treatment also removes manganese. |
| Taste like chlorine | Chlorine residual from the water treatment plant. | Click here for better information |
| Water appear cloudy | Silt, sediment, small organisms or organic matter, suspended in the water. | A sediment filter may be necessary. |
| Smell like rotten egg | Hydrogen sulfide, sulfur/sulfate reducing bacteria. | Compounds such as iron sulfide, calcium sulfide, and sodium sulfide can interfere with hydrogen sulfide removal so multiple treatments may be required. Appropriate treatments include chlorination or aeration
followed by filtration through a sand filter |
| Taste flat | Distillation removes major essential minerals in water which make it taste flat. | Test water to know if water filtration will be better than a distiller to remove problems. Click here for better information |
| Feeling itchy or having scaly skin after shower | Free chlorine | Click here for better information |
| Filter does not take away the taste, odor, or cloudy problem | Hopefully have not been scammed | Test your water for the exact problem before you decide on the right filtration system. Click here for detailed information |
| Ring around the tub. Soap does not lather well. Scale build-up in pipes and reduced water flow rate; and/or scale build-up in water heater. | Drinking water problems could be hardness due to the presence of calcium and magnesium compounds. | Water softener or reverse osmosis system for both hot and cold water, bypassing outside water lines. |
| Reddish-brown stains in sinks, toilets, tubs, dishwashers, and dishes. Reddish-brown stains or yellowing of laundry, especially after using chlorine bleach. Water tastes metallic. Brown sediment in standing water. | Dissolved iron in the water that is oxidized by air to form iron oxide, which is insoluble. | After determining type and amount of iron problem, choose the best, possibly NSF-certified, iron filter or high capacity water softener or manganese greensand filter. |
