{"id":207635,"date":"2018-11-22T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T04:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easywater.com\/residential\/?page_id=207635"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:48:35","slug":"bad-taste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/easywater.com\/residential\/water-problems\/bad-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Taste"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#2d79ad&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;90deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;#2d79ad 0%|#80c9f7 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2d79ad&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#80c9f7&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/easywater.com\/residential\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/dot-pat-4.png&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;bottom_center&#8221; 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In addition to impacting your drinking water, bad-tasting water also impacts your cooking, bathing and brushing your teeth. We put together the following water taste guide to give you a better understanding about what may be causing these off-putting tastes and what you can do to finally get great tasting water in your home.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"page-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#sulfer-taste\"><strong>Sulfur Taste<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#chlorine-taste\"><strong>Chlorine Taste<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#metallic-taste\"><strong>Metallic Taste<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tart-taste\"><strong>Tart Taste<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#d1e0e9&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;81%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;46px||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_id=&#8221;sulfur-taste&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#3d5563&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Open Sans|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#464f56&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;27px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Alfa Slab One||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#3d5563&#8243; header_3_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|||on|||||&#8221; header_4_font_size=&#8221;35px&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; text_line_height_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_line_height_phone=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<h3>Sulfur Taste<\/h3>\n<div id=\"smaller-border\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cause:<\/strong> Water with a sulphur rotten egg taste is by far the most common water taste and odor problem we hear about. This is commonly caused by hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the water. H2S is a colorless gas that is naturally occurring in water and is most common in private wells.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention:<\/strong> To treat H2S, we recommend our\u00a0<a href=\"\/residential\/product\/ironshield\">IronShield Whole House Water Filtration System<\/a>. This will filter out that sulfur-like taste from your home\u2019s water. In addition, Iron Shield also removes iron (orange staining), manganese (black staining) and many dangerous toxins that may be in your water, such as pesticides, herbicides and pharmaceuticals. 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This can vary throughout the year, especially during rainy seasons, as the city sometimes puts higher concentrations of chlorine and chloramines into the water to treat bacteria and other impurities. Cities will typically send out a notice warning residents of such an increase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention:<\/strong> This bleach-like taste can be treated with our\u00a0<a href=\"\/residential\/product\/toxinshield\">ToxinShield Whole House Water Filtration System<\/a>. In addition to removing the unpleasant taste, ToxinShield filters out many of the 84,000 potential contaminants, such as chlorine, disinfection byproducts (DBPs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and trihalomethanes (THMs). 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