Neighbors Put Up a Stink About Treatment Plant
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By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 18--When the neighbors of a proposed sewage treatment plant for Port  Wentworth got wind of its location, they got concerned.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 24--DURHAM -- The fire at the Durham Yard Waste Compost Facility -- the cause of respiratory problems among frustrated neighbors as it burned for 13 days -- was extinguished Saturday.
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By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Jun. 13--Despite repeated warnings from the state, a prominent Clackamas  County real estate developer allowed his herd of water buffalo to foul a creek  with fecal bacteria, stir up sediment and destroy streamside vegetation.
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Residents in Dunmurry who say they are plagued by the smell of sewage call for a ban on development.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Mar. 6--Nearly 2,000 gallons of a water treatment chemical were spilled over the weekend at the county's Lopez Lake water treatment plant, and some of it ended up in Arroyo Grande Creek.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Feb. 11--BY MANY MEASURES -- namely, stuff spewed from smoke stacks -- the power plant that Florida Power &amp; Light wants to build in the cane fields of rural Glades County would rank among the state's cleanest.
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By JOHN REID BLACKWELL  A state official tried to ease local residents' concerns about a controversial chemical found in water around DuPont's Spruance plant in Chesterfield County.
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By LINDA SPICE  One man's collectibles became his neighbors' nuisance before city officials sought relief through the courts and obtained an order that allowed a mandatory cleanup Thursday of the bicycles, rusty pails and even church windows that covered a weed-infested yard on S. 98th St.
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By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 14--PORTSMOUTH -- SPSA, the regional waste authority, learned this week that burning rain-soaked garbage at its power plant near downtown Portsmouth is not such a good idea.   Actually, it stinks.
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Officials are confounded about the best way to respond to the growing nuisance, according to city officials.
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By Darin Fenger, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Mar. 5--There's profit in poo.   Just ask a local organic fertilizer dealer like Dugan LaRose, a fellow who can testify that it all sure does stink, but it sure is the smell of success.
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By Erik Lacayo, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--ARMONA -- In an attempt to save their Armona farm from becoming a water treatment plant, members of a Texas family pleaded their case before the local water district Wednesday night.
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By Donna Littlejohn DAILY BREEZE  For years, San Pedro residents like Janet Gunter have lived with the uneasy knowledge that operating close to their neighborhoods are storage facilities that handle dangerous substances that could spill, release toxins or even explode.
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By Barbara Carmen, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 14--The leaky water system at a South Side steel plant, cited by the state for polluting air and water, is so archaic that it still uses hollowed logs as pipes.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 25--Union County's biggest sewer plant, already strained by record growth, has been fined for environmental problems far more times in recent years than any other similar size plant in the Charlotte region, according to state records.
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Another nugget I thought would be good to share. I came home from my trip to NY and there was a pretty bad stink in the kitchen.  Smelled like garbage. It didn't take long to zero in on the source -- the garbage disposal. I tried pouring all kinds of cleaning stuff down the drain, to no avail, the smell didn't go away. Then I did a search on the Internet, found a variety of suggestions, and felt pretty sure that I'd have to call a plumber because they all seemed to assume skills and/or tools I didn't have. Instead I tried a very simple idea and amazingly it worked. 1. Put a drain stopper in the disposal so no water can flow out through the bottom 2. Fill the sink with hot water mixed with soap and chlorine bleach. The hotter the water the better. 3. With the water running put one hand on the stopper and the other on the switch, as you pull out the stopper, turn on the switch. (Be sure to do it in that order, to keep your hand from getting chopped up!) 4. Let all the water run out of the sink and leave the water running as long as there's suds. 5. Repeat two or three times. Wait a day or two. With any luck the smell will be gone. The reason this works is that junk gets stuck on the walls of the drain, and since it's garbage, it rots and stinks. By immersing it in soapy water, the junk gets dislodged and goes down the drain and out of your life.
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By Kytja Weir, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  May 28--The putrid smell comes at odd times, sometimes in the evenings or the middle of the night.   It seeps into houses even when windows are closed, some residents in the Wesley Heights neighborhood say.