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Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Investigation results are that all equipment is functioning as intended.

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ODOR MITIGATION PROJECT - CEQA DOCUMENTS

Notice of Intent and Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration documents for the Odor Mitigation Project have been uploaded to this website

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor Investigation Results - No abnormalities and all equipment working as intended. No odor detected during routine fence line odor tour.

Pungent, Ammonia, Putrid, Fishy

Complainant states odor is very strong

Pungent, Ammonia

Pungent, Ammonia

Pungent, Ammonia

Pungent, Ammonia

Manure Spreading on Property Adjacent to the WRCRWA Treatment Plant

On May 28, 2020, as WRCRWA Staff were doing routing odor patrols, they noticed manure spreading commenced on the property next to the WRCRWA Treatment Plant. Over the next week, odors intensified and WRCRWA Staff notified AQMD about this activity due to t...

Manure Spreading

There is manure being spread on the property west of the WRCRWA Treatment Plant and staff at the WRCRWA Treatment Plant are reporting strong manure odors in the area.

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor Control Response and Investigation results at 4:30 PM on 5/22/2020 - no odors detected and equipment working as intended.

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor Control Response and Investigation results -  All equipment working normally, minor repairs made to plumbing system from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Faint odor detected along Eastgate fence line. All equipment working as intended.

Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - caustic pump malfunction on 3/22/20 at 10:00 pm and repaired on 3/23/20 at 8:00 AM. Maintenance on solar dryer on 3/22/20 at noon (door to solar dryer open during this time).

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Earthy, Musty, Moldy, Putrid, Fishy, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Plant processes functioning normally.  No odors detected during fence line tour on 3/6/2020.  Faint and light chemical odor detected along East gate fence line on 3/8/2020. All ...

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - All equipment running within regulatory standards. 

Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Nothing noted in the logbook. No odors detected during fence line tour performed at 1:15 PM.  All equipment meeting regulatory standards. 

Pungent, Ammonia, Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Odor patrol conducted at 3:00 PM (prior to receiving this complaint) resulted in no odors detected.

Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results-Logbook mentions manure like odor coming from the farmland to the West of the plant.

Pungent, Ammonia, Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Faint fishy odors detected during solar dryer maintenance, which required the West roll-up door being opened. 

WRCRWA Neighbors Spraying Fertilizer

WRCRWA staff have noticed that this morning and throughout the day, neighbors to the West side of the WRCRWA Treatment Plant have been spraying fertilizer and the odor is unpleasant and noticeable from the operations building.

Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint and Response Investigation results - Normal odors detected at the fence line.  Faint odors noticed at certain stops during the 3 PM odor patrol.

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor has lasted for 1.5 hours

Pungent, Ammonia, Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response results - odor detected during fence line tour on January 11, 2020; however, no odors were detected by WRCRWA staff during the fence line tour on January 12, 2020 at noon. WRCRWA staff attempted to contact the complainant a...

Pungent, Ammonia, Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - All odor equipment working as intended. 

Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Manure and fertilizer being spread on the farmland West of the Treatment plant.  No odor detected during fence-line monitoring at 2:00 PM.

Pungent, Ammonia, Human Waste

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - All plant processes functioning normally. Chemical scrubbers meeting ammonia and hydrogen sulfide compliance standards. WRCRWA staff will work to maintain roll up doors and keep them closed as mu...

Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Response Investigation results - All equipment working normally. Roll up doors to the solar dryer were opened for two hours to maintenance purposes. WRCRWA staff attempted to contact the complainant.

Manure/Compost Spreading in Vicinity

Manure/Compost is being spread on property adjacent to the WRCRWA Treatment Plant. Manure odors have been detected in the area and are not Treatment Plant related.

Human Waste, Putrid and Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - rainy weather has caused the cake in the solar dryer to stay "wetter," which causes pile up in the discharge conveyor. In order to break up the piles, the roll up doors to the solar dry...

Earthy, Musty, Moldy

Staff called complainant to explain the maintenance being performed and left a voice message.

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - staff went to complainants address and did not detect odors.  Plant operating normally.

Putrid, Fishy Odor

11/27/2019 at 7:15 AM - Delayed Odor Response and Investigation results - all equipment for odor circuit working normal, no odors detected.

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results showed odors detected at locations 2 and 4 with an odor intensity of 1 (very faint). WRCRWA staff called and left voice message with complainant.

Putrid, Fishy Odor

11/15/2019 Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results report all operations running normally and WRCRWA staff drove to address where odor was reported and detected no odors. 

Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Investigation - all equipment for the odor circuit working as intended.

Pungent, Ammonia

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - No problems reported in the log book.  Odor walk results were no human waste odors.  Manure odors detected coming from the farmland West of the Treatment Plant. No odors were de...

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor experienced for 13 minutes.

Putrid, Fishy Odor, Rotten Eggs,

WRCRWA staff contacted complainant and indicated there have been increased farming activities to the West of the WRCRWA Treatment plant. Manure odors had been detected on and off since last week. 

Human Waste

Delayed Odor Complaint and Investigation results - fence line sampling conducted on 10/21 at 4:15 and no odors were detected at any of the sample sites. Wind direction was from the East.  All odor scrubber equipment running as intended. No issues...

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Complaints received at 5:30 PM and 7:00 PM.

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Odor patrol conducted at 3:30 PM and nothing noted out of the ordinary.  Odor scrubbers and all equipment  operating as intended. 

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Wind was calm

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - All processes running as intended. No ammonia or hydrogen sulfide detected from chemical scrubber outlets during plant rounds. Typical chemical odors detected near the East gate entrance.&nbs...

Pungent, Ammonia

Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Normal operating conditions.  All equipment operating parameters met. No hydrogen sulfide or ammonia detected from chemical scrubbers.  Inspected all doors to solar dryer to ensure they...

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Complaint indicates odor has lasted 30 minutes. Weather was sunny with a light breeze.

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - all processes running as intended.

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation Results - No abnormalities noted in log book. Chemical scrubber trend within normal range.  Staff cleaned all pH probes and ORP probes for all three scrubber stages. Calibrated stage 1 pH probe, r...

Wind Blowing Manure Dust

High winds are kicking up dust and manure in the fields adjacent to the WRCRWA Treatment Plant

Strong Manure Aroma Coming from the Northwest

Since 9/27/2019, there has been a strong odor of manure coming from the Northwest of the WRCRWA Treatment Plant

Putrid, Fishy

Delayed odor complaint response and investigation results - Odor patrol conducted at 4:00 PM, typical chemical odor noticed. Manure smell coming from northwest of the WRCRWA Treatment Plant.  All equipment operating as intended.

Putrid, Fishy

Odor noticed at 5:20 PM and reported at 5:30 PM

Pungent, Ammonia, Putrid, Fishy Odor

Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results -Pungent, Ammonia, Putrid, Fishy Odor

Staff looked over chemical scrubber trends. All trends were normal and did not show any abnormal operating conditions. Log book did not mention any issues during the wo...

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Concerns of putrid fishy odor. 

Staff looked over chemical scrubber trends. All trends were normal and did not show any abnormal operating conditions. Log book did not mention any issues during t...

Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - as of September 12, 2019 at 10:00 AM, no issues with the odor control system mentioned in the log book. All chemical trends for the scrubbers were within normal ranges.  Check equipment ...

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Odor Complaint Response  and Investigation results - Maintenance work being conducted on the sludge turners inside the solar dryer from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. The Northwest roll-up door was open while work was being conducted which could have been a...

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Delayed Odor Investigation results - Odor control system functioning as intended. Log book entries note no abnormal operating conditions.  Chemicals trends in scrubbers are normal. No issues found following inspection of the chemical scrubbing eq...

Putrid, Fishy Odor

Delayed Odor Complaint Investigation conducted on September 5, 2019 at 7:30 AM - SCADA, odor scrubber, and Biorem working within normal range and all equipment is operating normally. Odor patrol was conducted on September 4 at 3:45 PM and typical scrubber...

Putrid, Fishy, Human Waste

Update as of 9/3/2019 - Delayed Odor Complaint Investigation - The log book notes no issues with the odor control system. All chemical trends for scrubbers are within the normal operations range.  Nothing abnormal with equipment and pumps. No abn...

Earthy, Musty, Moldy, Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation results - Odor from the scrubbers detected in various fenceline and offsite locations.  All odor circuit equipment working normally.

Earthy, Musty, Moldy, Putrid, Fishy

Odor complaint received at 9:00 AM

Putrid, Fishy

Delayed Odor Complaint Response and Investigation conducted at 8:00 AM  - SDACA trends were all normal, there were no after hours alarms logged that were related to the odor scrubber. The odor scrubber, biorem and headworks operating normally. An...

Chemical Odor Smell

WRCRWA Staff took action to lessen the chemical smell.  WRCRWA Staff followed up with the resident who indicated the sprayers that are meant to put floral odors in the air smell chemically and the resident would prefer WRCRWA disable them.