Click âDisease of the Week,â find rotavirus, and take the quiz to test your knowledge! Rotavirus is a contagious virus that can cause gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines). Symptoms include severe watery diarrhea, often with vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain.
The incidence of rotten egg odor or black water in hot water lines is due to the reaction of. sulfates and micro-organisms in the water that create Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S). This is a water. chemistry condition, rather than a water heater problem.
By far the most common cause of smelly water is bacteria that is in some water and it's this bacteria that reacts with other minerals in your water as well as the aluminum anodes in your water heater that creates the hydrogen sulfide gas, making the rotten egg and sewer odor that you smell in your water.