Problems and Solutions

COMMON WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS	POSSIBLE CAUSES	SOLUTIONS
- Unpleasant taste & odor	Chlorine Algae Fungi Molds	- Carbon Filters - Ceramic Filters - Reverse Osmosis - Shower Filters
- Mineral scale build-up in kettles, heaters & plumbing - Soap scum, excess soap & detergent consumption - Dingy laundry, bathtub ring	Hardness	- Water softeners
- Rusty to black stains on fixtures & laundry - Rusty to black water - Metallic taste & odor	Iron Manganese	- Water softeners - Greensand filtration - Birm filtration - Pyrolox filtration
- Red to brown slime in toilet tanks and plumbing - Reddish filament-like particles in water - Sudden appearance of iron - Staining and unpleasant taste & odor	Iron bacteria	- Chlorination units
- Gastro-intestinal disease including: typhoid fever, dysentery, diarrhea	Biological contaminants	- UV systems - Chlorination units - Ceramics filters
- Rotten-egg smell & taste - Tarnish silver & copper - Corrodes plumbing	Hydrogen sulfide	- Chlorination units - Greensand
- Salty taste - Corrosive	Chloride	- Reverse Osmosis
- Cloudy water sediment Sand & silt	Turbidity (clay)	- Sediment filtration
- Gassy smell - Gas bubbles escaping from water	Methane Radon	- Carbon Filters
- Other major toxic contaminants	Arsenic Lead Nitrate Fluoride	- Reverse Osmosis