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.
To determine if the. odor is from the hot water heater, go the a sink closest to the water heater and fill a glass. with water from the hot water faucet and a second glass from the cold water faucet and. smell them. If the offending odor is detected only from the glass of water taken from the.