Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter configured for, adapted for, and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, causing reactions, between sulfides in contaminated water with a ferric chelate and between sulfides in the contaminated water with an oxidizing agent, to form substantially sulfide-free water, the substantially sulfide-free water comprising the ferric chelate and the oxidizing agent.