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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Wade: Odor's solution comes at a cost
By John Ramsey
Staff writer
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The rancid odor in Wade is gone, but the debate over who should pay for the fix remains.
Stagnant sewage in the town’s pipes produced hydrogen sulfide, which created a rotten-egg stench in much of the town for more than a year.
Last month, Cumberland County started pouring a chemical in the pipes that prevents the smelly bacteria from forming in the pipes.
“I really haven’t noticed it all that much since then,” said Shearin McPhail, who lives across from the town’s sewage lift station. McPhail said last month that the smell was strong enough to make him nauseous.
A sewer system for Wade, Godwin and Falcon — called Norcress — was finished in the fall of 2005. Wastewater from Godwin and Falcon converge in Wade.
A lack of customers to flush the pipes means raw sewage sits in them for days at a time, said Tom Cooney, Cumberland County’s public utilities director.
The engineer, Kevin Lindsay of Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates, failed to consider the low usage when designing the project, Cooney said.
Lindsay said he wouldn’t have done anything differently in hindsight. The only design solution would have been installing smaller pipes, and that would restrict the towns’ possibility for future growth, he said. He attributed the odor to a combination of stagnant sewage in the lines and the waste coming from a meat-processing plant in Falcon.
The new chemical additive, which costs about $1,300 a month, has drastically reduced hydrogen sulfide output.
The county believes the Public Works Commission should cover the costs because of a maintenance agreement that calls for PWC to maintain pumping stations and chemicals associated with operation.
The PWC argues that the chemical to stop the stink is not associated with operation.
Legal teams for the county and the PWC are still discussing the issue.
If the county has to pay for the chemicals, which will be added indefinitely, the roughly 500 customers of the Norcress system will likely see about a $2 increase on their monthly bills.
Staff writer John Ramsey can be reached at ramseyj@fayobserver.com or 486-3574.
Staff writer
ADVERTISEMENT
The rancid odor in Wade is gone, but the debate over who should pay for the fix remains.
Stagnant sewage in the town’s pipes produced hydrogen sulfide, which created a rotten-egg stench in much of the town for more than a year.
Last month, Cumberland County started pouring a chemical in the pipes that prevents the smelly bacteria from forming in the pipes.
“I really haven’t noticed it all that much since then,” said Shearin McPhail, who lives across from the town’s sewage lift station. McPhail said last month that the smell was strong enough to make him nauseous.
A sewer system for Wade, Godwin and Falcon — called Norcress — was finished in the fall of 2005. Wastewater from Godwin and Falcon converge in Wade.
A lack of customers to flush the pipes means raw sewage sits in them for days at a time, said Tom Cooney, Cumberland County’s public utilities director.
The engineer, Kevin Lindsay of Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates, failed to consider the low usage when designing the project, Cooney said.
Lindsay said he wouldn’t have done anything differently in hindsight. The only design solution would have been installing smaller pipes, and that would restrict the towns’ possibility for future growth, he said. He attributed the odor to a combination of stagnant sewage in the lines and the waste coming from a meat-processing plant in Falcon.
The new chemical additive, which costs about $1,300 a month, has drastically reduced hydrogen sulfide output.
The county believes the Public Works Commission should cover the costs because of a maintenance agreement that calls for PWC to maintain pumping stations and chemicals associated with operation.
The PWC argues that the chemical to stop the stink is not associated with operation.
Legal teams for the county and the PWC are still discussing the issue.
If the county has to pay for the chemicals, which will be added indefinitely, the roughly 500 customers of the Norcress system will likely see about a $2 increase on their monthly bills.
Staff writer John Ramsey can be reached at ramseyj@fayobserver.com or 486-3574.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
WORLD SMELLS BETTER THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE 1850
Eight of the ten most fragrant years of all time have occurred since 1994, despite a worldwide increase in urine.
In the 500 years following the Black Death the global smell remained consistently awful, a bit like a pair of damp gym socks, rubbed in pork and left inside a sack.
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In the 500 years following the Black Death the global smell remained consistently awful, a bit like a pair of damp gym socks, rubbed in pork and left inside a sack.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Top 15 Offensive Odors
A list of 15 of the worst smells imaginable. Wonderful scents and amazing smells fill the air all around us: freshly baked bread, perfume, flowers… but the aromas of pungency permeate as well.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Hidden smells send out strong signals
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -7 Dec 2007
Now a study has revealed that faint odours that we are unaware of can influence whether we like the look of someone, so that the faintest hint of body odour ...
TNPCB issues notice to CPCL
Hindu, India -7 Dec 2007
In a press release issued on Friday, the TNPCB said that the ill odour might have been caused by the release of hydrocarbon from the unit. ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
Now a study has revealed that faint odours that we are unaware of can influence whether we like the look of someone, so that the faintest hint of body odour ...
TNPCB issues notice to CPCL
Hindu, India -
In a press release issued on Friday, the TNPCB said that the ill odour might have been caused by the release of hydrocarbon from the unit. ...
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Odour study going ahead
The Prince George Air Quality Implementation Committee has decided to carry out an odour study in Prince George. The study is meant to pinpoint odour sources, which will be used to help develop a plan to reduce strong-smelling emissions in the city.
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
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