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Does it smell like sewer?

If it's a sewer smell, it's likely a back up issue that you may need a plumber to resolve.

If it's off/mucky smelling, it could be a change in the way your city is treating the water. (Every year, our city changes it's water treatment method for the month of April and the water smells terrible.)

If it's just terrible sink smell, I recommend scouring your sink with Soft Scrub (the type with bleach or baking soda) and then running hot water for about 10 minutes to clear out your pipes. I like to slowly trickle baking soda in the water while it runs. (I use a whole box, but since it's only about 79 cents a box, it's well worth it to me.)

Do you have a double sink? We do and one side barely gets any use (we have a dish drainer on that side and use it primarily for drying) - that side often gets mildewy smelling because water sits in the pipes because it isn't used often enough to flush it out. If you have this issue, the baking soda + hot water treatment usually clears it right up.

I am so sorry and I hope you get this resolved quickly!

@prettylizy: that's my suggestion too.

Agree with @avivoca - that's what we do. I would maybe just give it all a good scrub with Comet too - including using a brush to try and get the grime around the drain.

Same here... baking soda, vinegar, and hot water. We get bad sewer smell here in Asia which is why I asked. Vinegar and hot water usually helps for bad sewer smell.