Common Water Problems

Read potential symptoms below and click on the water problems you are experienc ing for general solutions.

Note: All water should be analyzed for chemical composition and bacteria by a qualified professional. The following suggestions are to be used as a guideline only.


• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Stomach cramps
• E. coli levels above zero


• Poor quality, lacking purity
• Objectionable taste or odour
• Swampy, organic odour
• Chlorine taste or odour
• Contaminants—lead, aluminum, herbicides, pesticides, etc.
• Salty water


• Rust coloured stains on fixtures and laundry
• Metallic taste


• Rotten-egg smell and taste
• Stained fixtures


• Objectionable taste or odour
• Chlorine taste or odour
• Swampy, organic odour
• Dry or itchy skin, dull hair
• Grey laundry


• Scale build-up in kettles, hot water heaters and appliances
• Spotted glassware
• Grey laundry
• Dry or itchy skin, dull hair


• Red or brown slime in toilet tanks
• Rust-coloured staining
• Unpleasant sulfur-like odour from hot water


• Cloudy water