Why is there bubbles in my water

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Credit: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Knowledge awaits. See Subscription Options Already a subscriber? Create Account See Subscription Options. Continue reading with a Scientific American subscription. Subscribe Now You may cancel at any time. Carbonated water is produced by dissolving carbon di-oxide in water at high pressure and lower temperature. When a bottle is filling with this, then some pressure is released and temperature is slowly increases.

Consequently, the gas comes out of water as thousands of tiny bubbles. They tend to appear on the sides of the bottle because the bottles surfaces are porous or rough spots. Immediately this bobbles disappear and exists as free gas in free spaces inside the bottles and rest carbon di-oxide gas are exist in soda or soft drinks as dissolved gas. So, normally, we cannot see the bobbles when we buy soda water from market. When we de-cap the bottles then we again see the bobbles in water bottle because the pressure is released.

Sparkling water is usually bottled or canned like same process as soft drinks. These are the reason for bubbles in bottled water. Your email address will not be published. A variety of natural reactions can cause gasses to dissolve in your well water. Some of these gasses include carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide or radon , a hazardous gas that is present in groundwater in some areas of New Hampshire.

Methane is also another dissolved gas that could be the cause of small bubbles in your well water. Methane gas is generated from decomposing organic matter in groundwater.

It is odorless and colorless. At high concentrations, it can be explosive and is a fire hazard if large amounts of water with methane are used near an open flame in a closed space. Temperature and pressure on the water located deep underground are the two main factors when it comes to dissolved gasses in water.

If the pressure at the bottom of a bedrock well is high, or if the depth of water is great, a higher concentration of some gasses can be dissolved into the water.