The water that comes out of our Kitchen Faucet tastes strange from time
to time... almost a moldy type taste. All other faucets in the house
put out good drinking water with no taste. We're on a deep well with
no water problems other then the taste.

Could this be a problem with the piping in the way from the well pump
to the kitchen? Or more likely in the faucet itself? Any way I can
clean them out without calling a pro? Help appreciated!

wrote:
The water that comes out of our Kitchen Faucet tastes strange from time
to time... almost a moldy type taste. All other faucets in the house
put out good drinking water with no taste. We're on a deep well with
no water problems other then the taste.

Could this be a problem with the piping in the way from the well pump
to the kitchen? Or more likely in the faucet itself? Any way I can
clean them out without calling a pro? Help appreciated!


It's not unusual for well water piping to develop
vaious kinds of slime or other buildup due to
organisms present in the water and also due to the
water not being chlorinated.

Bacterial growth (not necessarily dangerous kinds)
can become prolific in piping which sees little flow,
especially any section which has a "dead end" stub
of unused pipe.

Short of wholesale pipe and fixture replacement,
one would have to consider treating the water
or (just one example) treating the water heater
to see if that helps.

Jim

wrote:
The water that comes out of our Kitchen Faucet tastes strange from time
to time... almost a moldy type taste. All other faucets in the house
put out good drinking water with no taste. We're on a deep well with
no water problems other then the taste.

Could this be a problem with the piping in the way from the well pump
to the kitchen? Or more likely in the faucet itself? Any way I can
clean them out without calling a pro? Help appreciated!

You have to study your plumbing a bit. Is the kitchen far away from
the well or is it the closest fixture to the well. My kitchen is at
the end of the line the farthest away from the well as possible in
which case I could install a filter under that sink just for that
drinking.

If the kitchen is closer to the tank then you could install a whole
house filter which can be done in either case actually. One thing you
should do is have your water tested. You can call around to find
someone to test it for you. This will give you the hard data you need
to make the best decisions concerning how to treat your water. Your
water should never taste bad but that's not a hard fact that can be
used to design a treatment solution.

For myself, I just have hard water and everthing else about my water
is fine. I did have a bit of sediment. My solution was to install a
water softener and a whole house filter. None of these things take a
lot of plumbing skills to install just the ability to go without water
while the install occurs.

wrote:
The water that comes out of our Kitchen Faucet tastes strange from time
to time... almost a moldy type taste. All other faucets in the house
put out good drinking water with no taste. We're on a deep well with
no water problems other then the taste.

Could this be a problem with the piping in the way from the well pump
to the kitchen? Or more likely in the faucet itself? Any way I can
clean them out without calling a pro? Help appreciated!

When I lived in upstate, NY I had a similiar problem. A green slime
builup in the gaskets for the old faucet was causing a wierd taste.
After replacing the faucet and the copper tubing for the supply water
with flex hose.......problem solved. The water tasted great.

Speedy Jim wrote:
wrote:
The water that comes out of our Kitchen Faucet tastes strange from
time to time... almost a moldy type taste. All other faucets in the
house put out good drinking water with no taste. We're on a deep
well with no water problems other then the taste.

Could this be a problem with the piping in the way from the well pump
to the kitchen? Or more likely in the faucet itself? Any way I can
clean them out without calling a pro? Help appreciated!



Not likely if it's only in one faucet:

It's not unusual for well water piping to develop
vaious kinds of slime or other buildup due to
organisms present in the water and also due to the
water not being chlorinated.

Bacterial growth (not necessarily dangerous kinds)
can become prolific in piping which sees little flow,
especially any section which has a "dead end" stub
of unused pipe.

Short of wholesale pipe and fixture replacement,
one would have to consider treating the water
or (just one example) treating the water heater
to see if that helps.

Jim

avid_hiker wrote:
wrote:
The water that comes out of our Kitchen Faucet tastes strange from
time to time... almost a moldy type taste. All other faucets in the
house put out good drinking water with no taste. We're on a deep
well with no water problems other then the taste.

Could this be a problem with the piping in the way from the well pump
to the kitchen? Or more likely in the faucet itself? Any way I can
clean them out without calling a pro? Help appreciated!

When I lived in upstate, NY I had a similiar problem. A green slime
builup in the gaskets for the old faucet was causing a wierd taste.
After replacing the faucet and the copper tubing for the supply water
with flex hose.......problem solved. The water tasted great.

Very likely that's the culprit. The "slime" comes from water heaters in
general. Tastes will be worse too if the cold water is softened; usually
it's only the hot water that needs softening.

Thanks guys. My wife wants me to install a water filter under the
sink, which I will probably do anyway, but I wanted to see if there was
a "right" way to fix the problem before I start putting in fixes rather
than actually fixing the problem. Like I said, it's only the one
faucet and it's the cold tap water that tastes bad. It doesn't go away
even if you let the water flow for 5 minutes... so my thought is that
it is something in that faucet. I'll uninstall the faucet and check
for "slime".

The kitchen sink is almost directly above the well pump which is in our
basement, so it's the closest to the well itself.