Sunday, June 29, 2008

A Breath of Fresh Air

A breath of fresh air?
Richmond and Twickenham Times - UK
Since 2005 Thames Water have been working to control and reduce offending odours installing odour control tanks and covering over large areas where the ...

Farm Odor an issue

Farm, town lock horns over odor
Boston Globe - United States
Raynham officials are locked in a legal battle with a local farmer over strong odors coming from his barn and fields - a case that demonstrates the ...

Odour Issues Addressed

Plant addressing noise, odor issues: City official
Janesville Gazette - Janesville,WI,USA
By STACY VOGEL ( Contact ) Sunday, June 29, 2008 MILTON — United Ethanol is working on odor and noise issues brought forward by plant neighbors, ...

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Offensive odour

Offensive odor confounds Canterbury
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
Though the odor has never been constant, it appears to follow a meteorological pattern, First Selectman Brian Sear said. "It seems to be most noticeable ...

Odur as a Weapon

Toilet water as a weapon? That idea really stinks
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
According to news items sent in by several alert readers, the Department of Defense has asked scientists to develop an odor that is repulsive to all humans, ...

Odor Affects Business

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Foul odor affects businesses
Inquirer.net - Philippines
Estor said the odor was at its worst about 10 am when the bodies started arriving. About 1 pm, the stench lessened after the chemicals were poured unto the ...
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Nose Knows

What Your Nose Knows and How Artists Use It
NPR - USA
Plus, Jim Drobnick, co-curator of the "Odor Limits" exhibition at The Science Center in Philadelphia, Pa., takes a look at how artists have made use of ...

The Right Smell

• Something smells about right
Guelph Mercury - Guelph,Ontario,Canada
There's a lesson to be learned in an ongoing dispute in the community of Arthur over odours from a privately run composter there. ...

Thursday, June 26, 2008

foul odor

Editorial: Browder deal has foul odor
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
Superintendent James Browder and Lee School Board members Jeanne Dozier, Jane Kuckel and Steven Teuber ought to be ashamed of themselves for Browder's ...

odour management

• Has the city really learned its lesson?
Guelph Mercury - Guelph,Ontario,Canada
The report was critical of odour-management at the plant, a problem that led the city into legal hot water with the Ministry of the Environment, ...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Mystery odour case


Council hands over mystery odour case
Mt Druitt St Marys Standard - Mt. Druitt,NSW,Australia
A Freedom of Information request made by the Mt Druitt-St Marys Standard revealed that the council spent $8140 to commission consultants The Odour Unit to ...

Time for Anotec


Terrible Stench Drives Meadville Residents From Homes
WPXI.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- Emergency workers are searching for the source of a sickening smell that forced several Meadville residents from their homes. ...

An Overwhelming odor


'Overwhelming odor' closes Oaklyn Post Office
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
The Oaklyn Post Office was closed indefinitely Friday afternoon due to an "overwhelming odor" reported by employees, according to US Post Office spokesman ...

Landfill gas


Small power producer makes green energy from landfill gas
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
"We had an odour problem at our company's Niagara Falls landfill and had hired a series of consultants who had studied the issue to death," says Walker's ...

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Experts such as anotec can trace this odour


Rotten-egg odor in Meadville baffles officials
GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USA
Officials with the DEP, which is offering its technical assistance to Meadville in their gas-odor investigation, have also identified the manhole as an area ...


Odour Remediation on site with Anotec


Gas works remediation entering the next stage
Bathhurst Western Advocate - Bathurst,New South Wales,Australia
The treatment process may have side effects including noise, visual impact and odour but Cr Toole said there were strict environmental controls in place to ...

Odour Pollution


Nigeria: Environmental Pollution Worries Wuse 2 Residents
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A resident, Mr. Pat Apollos, lamented that the odour is manifest on the manner passersby seize their breath while moving in the area, adding that rodents ...
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Chocolate odour pollution


Chocolate pollution increases bronchitis
AfricaNews - Netherlands
"This odour, we have been inhaling for years. We ended up accustoming to it. It allows us to recognize the strangers in the area", underlines Thomas Nyeck, ...

Monday, June 23, 2008

Stench still smelled on Sunday


Stench still smelled on Sunday
Meadville Tribune - Meadville,PA,USA
By Keith Gushard Sunday was the third day in a row emergency officials and some Meadville residents were coping with a mysterious odor coming out of ...

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Anotec Neutralisers odour

Some say fogger has 'neutralized' odor in WL
Journal and Courier - Lafayette,IN,USA
"I was just outside, and I didn't notice a bad odor and I didn't notice a vanilla odor," Decamp said. "Maybe it neutralized it." David Henderson, the city's ...

Friday, June 20, 2008

Sniffing out the odour problem

Protesters will keep sniffing sewage
Northampton Chronicle & Echo - Northampton,England,UK
Ironically, the campaign group hopes a plan to expand the works will actually reduce the odour problem. Last month, West Northamptonshire Development ...

Odour Envelopes part of the area

Hardly-used sewage plant to make way for new one
Herald Publications - Panaji,Goa,India
This is one reason why foul odour envelops parts of the Sirvodem locality, where the plant is located, he said. He said the Corporation would draw up plans ...

Odour From The Plant

Council should listen to people
Newsdurhamregion.com - Durham,Ontario,Canada
The Pros are those who would receive a financial benefit while the Cons are those who would receive the odour from the plant. Fortunately, the ones who will ...

Petroleum Odour Pesists

Petroleum odor persists in Lumberton water
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville,NC,USA
Residents complained Friday about the strong odor of petroleum on Noir Street and the south Chestnut Street extension. Public works employees found a thick ...

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Spending too much on odour control

Odor control spending OK'd
The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield,MA,USA
By HOLLY ANGELO CHICOPEE - If funding falls into place, this time next year work could begin on the last major piece of odor control at the city's ...

Smell Persists

Holliston: Smell near Lista persists
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
By David Riley/Daily News staff Six months have passed since Lista International stopped running equipment believed to be causing a foul odor in the ...

Whats that smell?????

What's that pong?
Epsom Guardian - Cheam,Surrey,UK
The Sutton Guardian has been covering various odour complaints made by Beddington and Hackbridge residents over the past two weeks. ...

Continuing Odour Problem

Smell plagues village residents
Record Herald - Washington Court House,OH,USA
The Bloomingburg Council heard from Brian Mickle, a resident of Main Street, about a continuing methane odor problem. Also complaining of an odor problem ...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Odour Problem

Water "taste" problem
Crookwell Gazette - Crookwell,New South Wales,Australia
Upper Lachlan Shire Water and Sewer Manager, Mr. Luke Moloney, reported yesterday that six complaints had been received regarding a "fishy" odour and taste ...

Odour concentration levels change results

Cozy yet hungry or uncomfortable but full?
Scienceline - New York,NY,USA
With dim light, more ventured towards the odor. Leventhal also changed the concentration of the chemical for different results. A stronger odor drew more ...
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raise a stink???

Raising a stink?
Huntersville Herald - Huntersville,NC,USA
There's no doubt the composting operation produces an odor, but on a really hot day early this week, a reporter's nose right on the farm didn't pick up much ...

Sewage odour

residents to get breather from foul odor
Kankakee Daily Journal - Kankakee,IL,USA
Residents upset about the stench coming from Momence's sewer plant were told they should get a breather by the end of the week. Bob and Pam Hopper, ...

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Hog odor and Air pollutants link

Vigil to target hog waste lagoons
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
A separate study, led by UNC-Chapel Hill epidemiologist Steve Wing, found a link between hog odor and air pollutants. The study found a correlation between ...

Victory for odour issue

Victory for polution group By Charlene Gatt
Footscray, Yarraville, Braybrook Star - Pakenham,Victoria,Australia
"Even when the EPA can identify the source of the odour and fine the offending company, the level of the fine is insufficient to act either as a deterrent ...

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Olfaction

Prognostic Value Seen in Olfactory Bulb Volume
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
In initially hyposmic individuals, changes in olfactory bulb volume closely tracked changes in odor threshold, Thomas Hummel, MD, of the University of ...

Landfill sniffers

Landfill sniffers still at it Odor catchers find dump rarely culprit
Daily Hampshire Gazette (subscription) - Northhampton,MA,USA
Those are the tough questions odor experts are still being asked to answer in neighborhoods around the landfill on Glendale Road - at $525 and $655 per ...

Clean Up

Clean up or leave call
Hobsons Bay Leader - Newport,Australia
"Even when the EPA can identify the source of the odour, and fine the offending company, the level of fine is insufficient to act either as a deterrent or ...

Saturday, June 14, 2008

odour is not the same

Odor not the same, notes processor
Dalles Chronicle - WA,USA
By RODGER NICHOLS There's been an odor problem this week on the east edge of The Dalles, but officials say it's not the same as last year and it will soon ...

Friday, June 13, 2008

improve odour control in sewage

Consultant hired to study improving odor control at sewage ...
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
It will study how the city can improve odor control at the Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility. John Burcham, the plant's manager, said the odor-control ...

akron odour problem

Perry's Odor Problem In Akron
WGRZ-TV - Buffalo,NY,USA
And now some are upset that after six years of no odor problem, it may be returning. Perry says a letter of explanation will go out to neighbors. ...

Mangrove Stink

Razed mangrove causes a stink
Cay Compass - Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands
Following recent heavy rains, the adjacent pond has begun to emit a pungent odour that residents as far as a mile away are complaining about. ...

Reduced cost of odour control

Odor control costs reduced $1 million
Boca Raton News - FL, USA
A $2.8 million short-term odor control project with Florida Design, Inc. at the Southern Region Water Reclamation Facility and Water Treatment Plant No.3 ...

odour violation

Maine Energy disputes city's fine for odor violation (June 12, 2008)
Courier Connection - Biddeford,ME,USA
The city imposed a $1569 fine May 19 stemming from an odor violation detected May 13 and reported through the city's EnviroLine, a phone number dedicated ...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Foul odor

Only on ABC 6: Neighbors Complain of Foul Odor; RISD Professor ...
WLNE-TV (ABC6) - Providence,RI,USA
Tenants who live at 174 Ives Street had been complaining about a foul odor coming from his apartment for the last few days. ABC 6 was told that a resident ...

Odor School

A New Perspective: The right thing at right time
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
At one point, the county offered residents an Odor School to become certified sniffers, able to detect and identify the source of smells. ...

worlds nastiest smell

Pamela Dalton - creator of the world's nastiest smell
Times Online - UK
NOT many people can claim to have smelt the world's worst odour, but Pamela Dalton ( pictured) also helped to invent it. Six years ago, Dalton and her ...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Farm odour complaints

Raynham neighbors complain about farm odors
Enterprise News - Brockton,MA,USA
Perry said he began receiving complaints from residents in April "of a terrible odor." He said that after a visit to an area close to the property on ...

Upgrade anotec wastewater treatment plant

Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant
Factory Maintenance - Sydney,Australia
According to the contractor, it will use bio-nutrient removal and odour control technology to meet rigorous environmental standards. A new odour control ...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Fumes send 9 to hospitals

Fumes send 9 to hospitals
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
It might be what we call a transient nuisance odor." Ventilation of the building in an effort to clear it of the odor may be contributing to the difficulty ...

Officials ask for input on asphalt plant

Officials ask for input on asphalt plant

Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
Neighbors have raised concerns about air quality and odor as well as truck traffic on the already busy roadway which serves vehicles traveling to industrial ...


environmental survey results

NPPC Reports Environmental Survey Results
Pork Magazine (subscription) - Lenexa,KS,USA
The leading response was better site selection followed by eliminating manure spills, better management of old lagoons, reducing odor from manure spreading ...

Gas leak actually not a gas leak


Gas leak actually not a gas leak
Beaver County Times - Beaver,PA,USA
"They told us that the material has a sulfurlike odor than can be mistaken for natural gas." Lots of people made that mistake. Center's fire department ...

odour control wastwater

John Holland wins $148m Murrumba Down Wastewater Plant upgrade
Queensland Business Review - Spring Hill,Queensland,Australia
The project will utilise the latest technology in bio-nutrient removal and odour control, and will meet rigorous environmental standards. ...

Monday, June 09, 2008

Plant may town down stench

Hall Street plant may tone down stench
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
A 2006 study found that the biotower was contributing to odors, and the renovations must be done before an odor control unit can be installed. ...

Raised Stink over Jordan Digester

Residents raise stink over Jordan digester
St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada
Problem is, with the kinks not entirely worked out of the technology with regard to odour, noise and emissions including ash, and changes to legislation ...


Sunday, June 08, 2008

wow factor for odours

Realtor Q&A: It takes some effort to achieve 'wow' factor
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
Does it have pet odors, smoke odor or food odor? Buyers have a very keen sense of smell. Do whatever you need to do to get rid of the displeasing odors. ...

Fish meal plant gets approval for new odor controls (The Daily World)

Fish meal plant gets approval for new odor controls (The Daily World)
By john
The Ocean Protein fish meal plant in Hoquiam has received approval to install $750000 in new odor controls as summer processing gets started.

BehindTheMedspeak: The smell of danger

BehindTheMedspeak: The smell of danger
By bookofjoe
Danger could make you smell new odors. In testing volunteers, scientists at Northwestern University used odor molecules that have the same chemical formula but are structured to be mirror opposites, like left and right hands. ...

Saturday, June 07, 2008

We may remark that as there was a somewhat putrid odour

We may remark that as there was a somewhat putrid odour from the
By damon
We may remark that as there was a somewhat putrid odour from the deposit in which the vibrios swarmed, the action must have been one of reduction, and no doubt to this fact was due the greyish coloration of the deposit. ...

Addressing The Stench

Jefferson's Renew Energy to address stench
Watertown Daily Times - Watertown,WI,USA
A letter from Renew Energy CEO Jeff White to area neighbors, dated June 4, apologized for the continued unpleasant odor. "Renew Energy has been working ...
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Gardenia


Gardenia
By Di Hill(Di Hill)
Apart from the pretty wonderful sight, the fragrance that fills the air, makes a most pleasant change as the hedge is situated near a sewer, which has a not so pleasant odour most of the time. The Gardenia flower itself is short lived ...

PLANT 'IS CREATING A STINK'

PLANT 'IS CREATING A STINK'
South Wales Evening Post - Swansea,Wales,UK
Head of streetcare services Mike Roberts said: "Any reported odour and noise issues are recorded and investigated in order to determine their origin. ...

Living Air XL-15 Classic - Foul odor!


Living Air XL-15 Classic - Foul odor!
About 6 mos ago my unit started to emit a foul odor. It smells organic like a lake or something. It isn't constant but I can't get it to go away! I bought new plates and filters since mine were pretty old. I have cleaned it thouroughly ...

Odour Offensive


Charm offensive
Blackpool Gazette - Blackpool,England,UK
But the odour has made many enemies for United Utilities who are now keen to make themselves more open to public approach and criticism. ...

Exit strategy: Odor to be gone soon

Exit strategy: Odor to be gone soon
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa,IL,USA
If all goes well, within a couple of weeks the rotten egg smell from the Landcomp landfill in rural Ottawa Township that has bothered nearby residents will ...

Fab Five Friday

Fab Five Friday
Baltimore Sun - United States
From TRA: Nothing like stale beer, mixers, and rot-gut booze to create the signature odor. Add in the lingering odor of stale and smoky air, resulting from ...

Friday, June 06, 2008

Woolworths recalls NSW lamb products

Woolworths recalls NSW lamb products
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Woolworths issued the recall after a strange odour was detected coming from lamb processed by a company in Cootamundra, in rural NSW. ...

Sugar bosses in clear over stink


Sugar bosses in clear over stink
York Press - York,UK
One local man said the odour was "absolutely awful" - like a mixture of manure and rotten eggs - and said he was concerned that people's health might be put ...

INFLUENT PUMP STATION ODOR CONTROL SYSTEM CARBON REPLACEMENT

INFLUENT PUMP STATION ODOR CONTROL SYSTEM CARBON REPLACEMENT
United States - INFLUENT PUMP STATION ODOR CONTROL SYSTEM CARBON REPLACEMENT.

Foul Smell Reported

BREAKING NEWS: Foul Smell Reported In Eastern Kanawha County
WSAZ-TV - Huntington,WV,USA
(WSAZ) - Dispatchers tell WSAZ emergency crews are investigating an odor in the London and Handley areas of Eastern Kanawha County. ...

Stinky Water

Stinky water will start tasting better soon
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By SA REID City of Atlanta water customers should soon have odor-free and better tasting H20 flowing from their faucets. The Department of Watershed ...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Oily Odour Lingers In Shops

Oily odor lingers near Iwilei shopping development
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Question: What is causing that sickening, putrid odor in the Costco/Home Depot/Weyerhauser area in Iwilei, and who is responsible for it? ...

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Odour Levels Down

Odor complaints down, level the same

Raynham Call - Raynham,MA,USA

Perry said he received only two recent calls about odors. A resident of Robinson Street and another from Wilbur Street called over the Memorial Day weekend ...

County Water Utilities Department to Flush Lines with Free Chlorine

County Water Utilities Department to Flush Lines with Free Chlorine

WPTV - West Palm Beach,FL,USA

Customers served by the Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department may notice a slight chlorine taste or odor in their tap water during this period. ...

Smells—the next illegal download trend?

The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Odor molecules are more difficult to pin down than sound frequencies, which our ears can tell us are farther apart. Unfortunately, our nose isn’t as adapt ...

£40k report on Fleetwood stink

£40k report on Fleetwood stink
Blackpool Gazette, UK - 2 Jun 2008
The odour investigation was done by consultants Entec and sets out a detailed programme of work to tackle the stink. And the report, which The Gaazette has ...