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    why does my well water smell fishy?

    I have hard water.. over the past few months I swerar it smells fishy.. It is a 350 ft well.

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    +3  Views: 3346 Answers: 5 Posted: 5 years ago
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      Check your well. Growing up, we had a well and one time an animal had gotten into it somehow and died. Our water smelled bad because if it. We never figured out how the animal got in there. 

      5 years ago. Rating: 8
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        Do you have fish in it? Some people keep turtles in them.

        5 years ago. Rating: 5
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          Jenn

          No.. it is a closed well. A pipe with a pump attached... No actual hole.
          commented 5 years ago

          Dump a gallon of chlorine (bleach) down the well and see if that don't help, let it set overnight, pump it till the smell of bleach is gone.

          5 years ago. Rating: 3
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            Jenn

            It is a closed well... Just a pipe with a pump attached... There is now way to get into it. I am wondering id it could be sulfer.. But i would think that would smell like eggs...
            commented 5 years ago
            Headless Man

            Even a closed well can be open, it may take some tools you don't have but it has to have a way so if you need to pull the pump.
            I had a well like this that had sulfur and it did smell like eggs, if the walter had sat overnight.
            commented 5 years ago
            Jenn

            Yes, i can remove the pump housing, but it is still just a pipe.. No open hole. Just one 3.25 inch pipe.
            commented 5 years ago
            Headless Man

            If you don't think it's sulfur, dump the bleach in the 3.25" pipe it is a good thing to sanitize the well every few years anyway.
            The open hole will be at the bottom of the 3.25" casing.
            commented 5 years ago

            sometimes city water smells fishy too. or like chlorine

            5 years ago. Rating: 3
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              " Most likely a bacteria growth or a type of organism is cause-in that fishy smell." 

              5 years ago. Rating: 2
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                Jenn

                Eeekkk that is what i was scared of. Type to get a better filter and water softener.
                commented 5 years ago


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