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 odor of hydrogen sulfide gas can be detected in water at a very low level. Smell the water coming out of the hot and cold water faucets. Determine which faucets have the odor. The rotten egg smell will often be more noticeable from the hot water because more of the gas is vaporized.
Brown tap water may be contaminated with iron. Tap water that smells extremely unpleasant should be tested by the department of public health. A number of factors can cause tap water to smell bad, including concentrations of metal from pipes used to deliver it. Sulfur in tap water can cause a bad taste or smell. Well water that smells particularly bad should be tested for potentially harmful contamination.