Tulsa Residents Comment (Jenks: disposal, to live in, airport)

[5382213]

Could residents please comment to what extent odors might accompany refinery activities in Tulsa?

[Goodpasture]

Just the normal ones, and they are pretty well confined to west Tulsa

[ICvegan]

I'm in southeast Tulsa...smells great over here.

[Synopsis]

I hear residents complain about it sometimes near the river parks, which are across the river from the refineries. But, it's only like 5% of the time from what I understand.

[livingintulsa]

Hmmm....odors from the refinery, I moved to tulsa in 1987, and lived off of Southwest blvd, & at that time it was really bad. Now, I travel quite a bit to that area, and the smells/odors are not even close to being that bad now. The extent of the odors from the refineries are not that bad, not bad at all.

[AJK1535]

The refinery smell is there on the west side of the river, but it's not too horrible. I would say that the wastewater treatment plant at 71st st. is WAY worse (especially when it's hot.)

[Howest2008]

Originally Posted by 5382213

Could residents please comment to what extent odors might accompany refinery activities in Tulsa?

I don't live in Tulsa anymore , but I wish that they would knock down all of West Tulsa Refineries , and move them to some other location way out in the Boomdocks. And maybe put a Professional Baseball or Professional Soccer Staduim in it's place.

[midtowntulsa]

There is rarely any noticeable refinery smell on the east side of the river.

[Bill236c]

Originally Posted by AJK1535

The refinery smell is there on the west side of the river, but it's not too horrible. I would say that the wastewater treatment plant at 71st st. is WAY worse (especially when it's hot.)

Does that include Jenks? I was wondering also if there is much Riverside airport noise from planes landing and taking off. Also, where on 71st is the wastewater plant? I'll be returning to live in the Tulsa area this summer. I grew up there but have been in Colorado since 1970.

[sgrizzle]

The refinery gets blamed alot but you have two refineries, a sewer treatment plant and a hazardous waste disposal well all near the west side of the river. The most visible refinery is getting ready to spend something like a billion dollars on improvements and that includes reducing smells by a huge margin as well as visibly hiding the refinery by screening it, setting it back further and lowering the overall height.

The wastewater plant is by I-44 and Jenks air traffic has increased in multiples. Almost all of the small air traffic flies through there now. Charters, private planes, etc.