What can be done with the smell in the spring?

The odor from the wastewater ponds is the result of the lack of oxygen for the wastewater treatment process due to the ice covering the ponds during the winter months. The wastewater treatment process changes during the winter. After the ice is off the ponds, several days are required for the wastewater treatment process return to the normal treatment of the wastewater. This requires sun, warm weather and wind to increase the treatment bacteria to a population that will treat the wastewater. Once the process is back to normal the odor is greatly reduced.