Waste management agency in Placer County says bad smell isn’t from its facility
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- There were complaints about an unpleasant “manure-like” odor near Roseville and Rocklin.
- The waste management agency said the smell didn’t come from its facility in Lincoln.
- The agency said they determined the smell was coming from nearby farms.
A waste management agency in Placer County this week informed residents in western Roseville and Rocklin that a pungent “manure-like odor” wasn’t coming from its nearby facility.
Officials at the Western Placer Waste Management Authority investigated complaints of the smell and reviewed its operating practices before determining that the source of the “unpleasant” odor was a nearby farmland where a significant amount of manure was spread recently.
In a series of Facebook posts and on a page on their website, representatives from the waste management agency said they used a reverse trajectory tool that uses real-time weather data, along with odor complaints from residents, that helped them determine the “manure-like” smell was coming from a farm northwest of their facility on Athens Avenue in Lincoln.
The Western Placer Waste Management Authority was established in 1978, through a joint agreement with Placer County, Roseville, Lincoln and Rocklin, to own and operate a regional recycling facility and sanitary landfill.
“Odors can be a regular occurrence for us, as they are a natural byproduct of the material we handle,” the waste management agency said Monday in Facebook post. “Unfortunately, some odors can be powerful and make their way to places they shouldn’t.”
The agency’s representative said they have taken increasing measures to ensure unpleasant odors don’t travel off their facility, and they “work hard to try and be a good (and not smelly) neighbor to the residents and businesses nearby.”
On Tuesday afternoon, the waste management agency informed western Placer County residents that more than 5,000 pounds of a chicken manure mixture was being spread on farmland that is subleased from Western Placer Waste Management Authority.
The agency’s representatives said they had only been recently informed of what was happening there. The representatives said it’s anticipated they’ll be done spreading the chicken manure by Friday, but “this may result in more unpleasant regional odors in the area.”
