The county’s health department lifted a health advisory Monday after staff tests found no sign of elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide near a wastewater treatment plant that had spurred reside…
CROCKETT — The county’s health department lifted a health advisory Monday after staff tests found no sign of elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide near a wastewater treatment plant that had spurred residential complaints for several weeks.
In a statement Monday afternoon, Contra Costa Health Services said it would keep monitoring for any change after one-hour-average readings taken Sunday and Monday near the refinery at Port and Ceres streets and at John Sweet High and Carquinez Middle school campuses tested negative for hydrogen sulfide gas, which at elevated levels smells like rotten eggs or sewage.
Levels of the gas raised by issues at the plant, which handles community sewage and wastewater from C&H Sugar refinery, 1801 Dowrelio Drive, led health staff to
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