Evening Smells in Eugene

[beamorrison]

The smell is probably coming from the waste treatment plant on River Av at the River Road and Beltline intersection.

[ima]

Probably all of the above and the pig farm.

[RainRainRainRain*sun*Rain]

I live on the northern edge of Santa Clara and agree, this is a reoccuring evening/late night sewage-like smell that occurs mostly during the summer (late June to late September). I checked with the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA) once and they said the wind was coming from the north the night in question.

However, the only nearby sewage treatment plant is on River Ave (to the south) along with a biosolids management facility off of Awbrey Lane (to the west). During the summer, the wind in the Willamette valley blows mostly from the north--this is why I've heard Eugene called the "Chimney of the Willamette Valley."

Because of the north wind, LRAPA suggested the sewage smell was possibly from the Georgia-Pacific tissue paper pulp plant in Halsey. However, LRAPA can't do anything about it because Halsey is in Linn county.

This past Saturday evening (8/4) , My wife and I were driving south on I-5 just prior to the Harrisburg exit and my wife said, "That's the smell!" At that time, Halsey was north northwest of us....