Tap Water Catches Fire In Colorado
 

Flammable Tap Water in Fort Lupton, Colorado Fires up Homeowners | Air and Water News and Warnings Report

Ummm Brings a new meaning to Firewater lol

ya we have that around here too......................if ya can get a well like this and slip it past em than all ya hafta do is a small seperator or collecton tank and flash the gas off the top then to a drop out pot and heat the house with the stuff :humm:

:humm: thats weird i dont know why it would take so long to figure out how to fix it.

Make ya think about it everytime ya go to boil water for mac & cheese!:humm:

screw it thats why ya got home owners insurance :D

i wonder if we put some in our tanks it would ignite with the diesel like CNG

^^^^^:humm::humm:

My freaking Fire catches on Water here

step away from the bud light:D

:humm:

Actually, its not that uncommon if you live where theres a lot of natural gas in the ground.

thats freaky

Well the only Natural Gas Around here comes from me. I just have to deal wit the Salty water. Which Ill take over Firewater the real firewater I posted lol.

yeah its pretty common around here. We are sitting on the largest natural gas pocket in the US as of right now.

In NY?? I did not know that...

yeah there are numerous formations they are drilling but the one the companies want is the marcellus shale. Its suposed to make the Barrnett shale (texas) look like a joke. They are selling marcellus shale stock on the market lol.

Wonder How I can get one of those systems... Maybe then the wife would quit yelling at me for using up all teh hot water.

My hunting buddy had that problem. He ended up drilling 3 wells. first one was salt water, 2nd was water and ng(looked like club soda) and the 3rd one was good water.

Fox news had a whole thing on it. and the family is trying to make the gas companies pay to fix it.
but nobody could say if it was cause by leaking gas pipelines or from the gas in the ground. But they still think the gas comapny should pay.
As I am watching it I am thinking WTF. If you buy a house, most mortgage comapnies make you test the water. Then I am like if it isnt from a pipe leaking into the ground then the gas companies are not liable, but nobody even thinks of that they just think the gas comapny is liable.
fawking news dooshes.
I would be going after the previous owners. they must have known.

People don't realize crap comes from somewhere... Gas comes from the gas pipe, which comes from the gas factory. Turkey comes from the Turkey Factory, Milk from the Milk Factory... They don't realize where crap comes from, they're dumb. If the gas is from a leak, then the gas company should pay for it. Being that they bought the house, it means its probably been there a while. I doubt the water was always like that... The previous owners would have probably noticed the flammable water. My guess is, the gas pipe cracked and made this new problem.

But who knows... Maybe not.

I know they add the smell in propane and such. Is there ANY smell to natural gas staright from the ground? How about making the water taste bad?

Depends - some natural as smells and some doesnt. Depends on the composition. Oil and gas is often found with H2S (deadly hydrogen sulfide gas)....which does smell in lower concentrations.

Gas companies also put the "smell" in Natural Gas - the agent that makes it smell is Mercaptin. And NO you dont want to be the guy adding the smell to Natural Gas - trust me on that one.

what do you do for a living?

I add the stinky smell to natural gas.:rocking:

I'm gonna guess its automated... Because Mercaptan is dangerous by itself. It can make people violently sick in amounts that are too high.

Believe it or not, Mercaptan is what makes your pee smell after you eat Asparagus. Funny stuff huh?

No, I dont do that...


But I used to work for a gas company.

Not quite...from Wikipedia:

Certain compounds in asparagus are metabolized giving urine a distinctive smell due to various sulfur-containing degradation products, including various thiols, thioesters, and ammonia.[19]

The volatile organic compounds responsible for the smell are identified as:[20][21]

* methanethiol,
* dimethyl sulfide,
* dimethyl disulfide,
* bis(methylthio)methane,
* dimethyl sulfoxide, and
* dimethyl sulfone.

Subjectively, the first two are the most pungent, while the last two (sulfur-oxidized) give a sweet aroma. A mixture of these compounds form a "reconstituted asparagus urine" odor.

This was first investigated in 1891 by Marceli Nencki, who attributed the smell to methanethiol.[22]

These compounds originate in the asparagus as asparagusic acid and its derivatives, as these are the only sulfur-containing compounds unique to asparagus. As these are more present in young asparagus, this accords with the observation that the smell is more pronounced after eating young asparagus.



mercaptan:

What is Mercaptan?

Natural gas in its native state is colorless and odorless. Mercaptan is the additive that is added to natural gas to make it easier to detect in case of a leak. The most important thing to know about mercaptan is that it stinks. Some people compare it to the smell of rotten eggs.

In a concentrated form, its smell is almost unbearable. And it takes only a few parts per million of mercaptan to give natural gas a smell. That is precisely why we add it to natural gas. If we did not add mercaptan, it would be hard for you to know that unlit natural gas was coming from your stove after you left the valve turned on. And leaks from furnaces and hot water heaters would be nearly impossible to detect without expensive equipment. So mercaptan's smell is a very valuable safety feature.

Mercaptans contain sulfur. That's what makes them smell. The kind we use blends well with natural gas and, in a gaseous state, has much the same properties as natural gas, so it will also rise and dissipate with natural gas.

There are other uses for mercaptans in industry, including jet fuel, pharmaceuticals and livestock feed additives. They are used in many chemical plants. Mercaptans are less corrosive and less toxic than similar sulfur compounds found naturally in rotten eggs, onions, garlic, skunks, and, of course, bad breath. In other word, forms of mercaptan can be found in things that smell.

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