Odor Control at Wastewater Treatment Plants

Are noxious odors a problem at your local wastewater plant? A recent Wastewater Digest article* makes some important points about Odor Control: 🔽

1️⃣. It is a common problem: “At some point, every wastewater treatment plant or water resource recovery facility has been subject to comments, concerns or questions about wastewater odor.”

2️⃣. It is a growing concern: “While treatment plants generally are constructed away from residential areas, communities grow and change. Housing developments close in on the proximity to the treatment plants, which then results in more concerns and complaints about offensive odors.”

3️⃣. It can be a public safety issue: “… odor control can be useful for addressing public safety and the health of a wastewater collection system.”

A key component noxious odor prevention and mitigation is weather monitoring. Parameters like temperature, wind speed and direction, as well as humidity and rainfall, all impact.

Check out our white paper 5 Reasons Smart Water Utilities Need a Weather Station for additional information, or reach out to find out which weather station is best for your facility.

At Columbia Weather, our job is to make weather monitoring easy, so you can do your job better.

*Crossen, Bob. (2023 July 12). What is wastewater odor control? Wastewater Digest.