Sulfur Smell in plumbing

[Lucas Carroll]

Hi, we're looking at a house but there is a very strong sulfur smell coming from the plumbing.  It comes from all faucets and doesn't go away after running the water for a while.  We were thinking hydrogen-sulfide producing bacteria (thanks google).  So, we sent the water out to be tested and it came back clean... nominal sulfates, no bacteria, 7.5 pH, and (amazingly) no odor.  Has anyone had something like this happen?  I read another BP thread about a single sink where the smell goes away after a few seconds, but this is continuous and all of the faucets.  Any thoughts would be appreciated... it completely blows my mind that the water test came back clean.

Thanks!

Lucas

[Ryan Arth]

@Lucas Carroll It should be sulfur gas in the well. It can happen on new wells or existing. A quick attempted fix would be chlorine tablets in the lines to see if it clears it up, which it may. 

If it does not a carbon filter will remove all traces permanently and will need serviced roughly every 3 years. I am installing one right now @ $1200.