Re[2]: Re: Too Much Inflamation

April 17, 2009

At 03:40 PM 4/17/2009, you wrote:

>Hi ,

>

>My parents have sewer gas. Her bathroom sink stinks when you run the

>water. How can she treat this?

Find the source. It's not hard. Most homes have taps at all stages

of the water supply, from the street to the home (cold water), and

before the heater (sometimes), certainly after the heater, and directly

from the heater, they all have them (in the USA required by code).

If it is just the hot water, then the first step is to find the

instructions for draining and/or

flushing the hot water heater. Some models do not flush the bottom gallon, and

replacing the heater is the only option, or some type of forced flushing.

However, if the smell is bad, then even with flushing, bacteria still

lines the inner walls of the heat exchange pipes in the heater, and

the smell WILL come back, in weeks or months. If the money is

available then replace it. If still not good, and on a budget, then

heat disinfection will gain a few weeks or months. Or it might

destroy the heater (likely this is the best outcome as then the

heater must be replaced). www.LADWP.com has both instructions.

You can have the water tested at a lab for bacteria, or organic matter,

or similar. There are about 30 different test for water, and you really

only need one. Or get a H2S detector, though most go down to just 1 ppm,

and $800 ones go down to 0.1 ppm, while they can do other sample and

lab analysis down to 1 ppb. Humans can smell just 0.00475 ppb (parts

per billion). At 50 ppm you will have symptoms.

Chronic exposure is what I am researching now, especially treatment,

particularly for reduced short term memory formation ability.

If the smell is coming from the cold water, then call the local city

supplier, and work closely with them to resolve the issue. They

say most adamantly that it's the hot water heater, and to fix that

first. 98% of the time they are right. However, broken fresh water

lines can take in sewage from broken sewer pipes. And it's

expensive to repair, and the city dislikes doing the repairs, let

alone the investigation.

Let us know how it works out, and keep the details coming as

things change. You could help a lot of people on this list.

Pete

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