How does one eliminate sulfur producing bacteria in drinking water?
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Pour a gallon of purex in it.  But then you can't drink it. \n\nTry finding what is called a "greensand" filter.  It will remove the odor, plus iron and some other stuff.  The filter medium is actually something called manganese greensand, a naturally occuring substance, and there are other methods such as automatic, metered, injections of chlorine, but they are usually used with a well pump situation.
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U Replace shower heads and faucet aerators with water efficient models.\nU Use a water-filled milk jug or plastic bottle in your toilet tank to displace water; this allows your toilet\nto operate using less water.\nU Choose nonphosphate or low phosphate detergents. High phosphate levels in lakes and streams\ncan kill fish and other wildlife.\nU Use a broom instead of water to clean your driveway or garage . Do not sweep debris into the\nstreet or storm sewer.\nU Put a spray nozzle on the end of your hose for car washing and plant watering to prevent the hose\nfrom continually releasing water and to control the amount of water used.\nU Use native plants in your garden that require less water.\nU Use cat litter or sand instead of salt on icy walks. Salt pollutes water and kills plants.\n\nU Do not let the water run while brushing your teeth or washing your face (you can save up to 5\ngallons).\nU Do not leave the water running if you wash dishes by hand.\nU Rinse all your dishes at once by using a dishrack placed in the sink.\nU Only run your dishwasher and washing machine when they are full.\n\nU Do not open fire hydrants on hot summer days because water needed to fight a fire will not be\navailable in an emergency. Also, opening fire hydrants is illegal.\nU Do not throw in the trash, pour down the drain, or dump on the ground paint, antifreeze, motor oil,\nand other household hazardous wastes, because they can migrate to your water source.\nU Dispose of tissues, dead insects, and other waste in a trash can rather than a toilet.\nU Plant native plants instead of traditional lawn grass to avoid the use of herbicides, pesticides,\nfertilizers.\nU Do not dump used motor oil on the ground or into sewers; throwing motor oil in the trash is illegal.\nRecycling centers and many service stations accept used motor oil for recycling.\nImproving Your Housekeeping\nU Fix leaks by replacing faucet washers and toilet flappers as needed. A slow drip or leak can easily\nwaste more than 100 gallons of water a week, which leads to an unnecessarily high water bill.\nU Put all litter in trash cans so it does not get washed into the storm sewers.\nU Clean up waste products while walking your pets.\nEducating Yourself and Others\nU Educate your community about the effects of dumping waste, such as pesticides, down drains and\ninto waterways.\nU Encourage your neighbors, family, and friends to install low flow water fixtures and to practice\nwater conservation.\n\n\nMaybe you can not stop but it is easy to help decrease pollution.
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heat it up, the sulphur will burn off.\n\nor mix with water and filter out the sand, then evaporate the water to get the sulphur.
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the first answer is a very good one, but for someone who may not be in the medical profession, penicillin can be inactivated by drinking pop,orange juice, activated charcoal, alcoholic beverages...many things. if you are a medical student sorry, if you aren't ask dr and pharmacist
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Depends on the country. Here in the US our water is relatively bacteria free, but other countries.........well, DON'T DRINK THE WATER!!
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Many of them oxidize H2S\n\nso its like water but using sulphur, thats why a lot of these bacteria are purple. \n\nheres an abstract on how they work, or at least will give you a general idea ans some examples!\n\nSeven strains of heterotrophic iron-oxidizing acidophilic bacteria were examined to determine their abilities to promote oxidative dissolution of pyrite (FeS2) when they were grown in pure cultures and in mixed cultures with sulfur-oxidizing Thiobacillus spp. Only one of the isolates (strain T-24) oxidized pyrite when it was grown in pyrite-basal salts medium. However, when pyrite-containing cultures were supplemented with 0.02% (wt/vol) yeast extract, most of the isolates oxidized pyrite, and one (strain T-24) promoted rates of mineral dissolution similar to the rates observed with the iron-oxidizing autotroph Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. Pyrite oxidation by another isolate (strain T-21) occurred in cultures containing between 0.005 and 0.05% (wt/vol) yeast extract but was completely inhibited in cultures containing 0.5% yeast extract. Ferrous iron was also needed for mineral dissolution by the iron-oxidizing heterotrophs, indicating that these organisms oxidize pyrite via the "indirect" mechanism. Mixed cultures of three isolates (strains T-21, T-23, and T-24) and the sulfur-oxidizing autotroph Thiobacillus thiooxidans promoted pyrite dissolution; since neither strains T-21 and T-23 nor T. thiooxidans could oxidize this mineral in yeast extract-free media, this was a novel example of bacterial synergism. Mixed cultures of strains T-21 and T-23 and the sulfur-oxidizing mixotroph Thiobacillus acidophilus also oxidized pyrite but to a lesser extent than did mixed cultures containing T. thiooxidans. Pyrite leaching by strain T-23 grown in an organic compound-rich medium and incubated either shaken or unshaken was also assessed. The potential environmental significance of iron-oxidizing heterotrophs in accelerating pyrite oxidation is discussed.
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Hi, here is the official link to the World Health Organization WHO's standards for water purity. The standards vary on the basis of usage purposes of water e.g. drinking, washing utensils, bathing etc. Follow the search results on the official site for all the details.\nGood Luck\nhttp://search1.who.int/search?ie=utf8&site=who_main&client=who_main&proxystylesheet=who_main&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=utf8&q=water+standards&btnG.x=37&btnG.y=7&btnG=Submit
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The best thing to use is a water filter. They get rid of temporary hardness that causes scale, along with chlorine, lead, aluminium, and other trace metals. However, they do not purify water, best to buy a packet of water purifiers from the chemist.
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You can turn it black with an iodine solution, then turn it back with sodium thiosulphate solution. Neat trick.
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Cranberry Juice is supposed to do wonders and the Chinese swear by Dandilion Root tea. And plain old water does help flush everything out, so drink plenty of it whatever else you try.
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Lots of water. Cranberry juice will help too. Basically flush the system.
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baking soda I heard works, you can also use peroxide...which is good for killing bacteria, but dont swallow it
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decent drinking water
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It depends on your source of water.  Rainwater, wastewater, pond water, and well water all go through different steps.\n\nThe things that need addressed in one manner or another are particulates (usually cleaned out by a filter in the beginning stages of the process), bacteria and larger life forms (also many of which can be be filtered out with finer filters), and chemicals (usually removed by reverse osmosis or by charcoal or some other cleansing chemical process).\n\nThere are a lot of sources out there.  I have listed a few of them below.  Good luck.
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One of the best and easy method of water filtration is using SAND. sand should be cleaned properly. it can be used to filter only organic matter not any chemical or bacteria.\n\nProcess:  just pass water through sand vertically.
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To minimize the risks while working with sulfuric acid, appropriate precautions should be taken. For example, water should never be added to the concentrated acid, as the water could boil; rather, acid should be added to water.\n \nSee link below and scroll down to “Safety”.
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put lemon juice in a glass of water with a teaspoon of salt and gargle.Or just salt water and gargle.Salt kills the bacteria,please brush after using it also helps kill the germs.