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Well water sulfur smell causes
In my area we have what is called the Black Plague sulfur smell and white incrustation problem. The plague fumes in a home attacks any electronic or metal surface---even gold--- and turns them black rendering them inoperable. Peroxide doesn't kill it nor does reverse-osmosis. I have a hunch the aquifer runs through or touches the huge limestone deposits here.
The sulfer is a "by-product" (read: poop) from bacteria in the water. Your hose is likely a breeding ground since there is ample heat and light by which to multiply. You might want to build yourself an ulraviolet light sanitizer which is clear tube the water runs through and is exposed to a UV light source. You might want to switch to a RV camper-style, canister, carbon water filter at the faucet and use the white hoses designed specifically for potable water. That should reduce the vynil chorides being released, reacting with, or feeding the bacteria.
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The mildew is likely airborne-based and may be feeding on the same nutrients as the bacteria, or even feeding on the bacteria. I'm not a biologist but I play one on TV. 
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Lemme know if it works 'cause I pass out your phone number to the 100,000 or so in my area who have the problem. In the two cities south of me the cost of buying and maintaining the system (reverse osmosis, salt, peroxide, etc.) far and away exceeds the cost of filling up a 1,000 gallon tank in the back of a truck or trailer which cost $5 to fill from the Detroit City Water tap.
My buddy 10 years ago spent $10,000 on the system initially, and costs him $30-$70 a WEEK for peroxide and about the same for salt from Culligan. I got severely sick drinking the peroxide-laden water.
At least in my area, the bacteria live in the ground water aquifer.
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As far as Cutter having one well with sulfer and one without, I feel it is eithe a matter of the well depths possibly being different and/or the location of the well in possibly different aquifers (underground rivers). SO if the sources are different so goes the water type/quality.
I have an aunt who is situated between two close-by neighbors---within 100 feet each way. The neighbors on either side only had to drill down 250 feet through sand to get sweet water. She had to go down 625 feet through rock and still has sulfer water--mixed with methane gas. You can literally take a match and light the water on fire. She is about 100 miles from me. Where I live the limestone shelf can be a mile thick, you can't go deep enough to reach sweet water.
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