'Like if your toilet backed up and flushed back inside your toilet... that is what it smells like.' Officials say the malfunction at the wastewater treatment plant is fixed, but the odor will linger for the next week, forcing residents to still take it in.
Dozens of Crockett residents are demanding to know more about a foul odor that's present across the city.Health officials in Contra Costa County announced Friday they are keeping a health advisory in place over a bad odor coming from a wastewater treatment plant."It smells straight like poop," one resident said. "Like if your toilet backed up and flushed back inside your toilet... that is what it smells like.
It's so bad, it's causing some people to stay inside. "We like to have our windows open in the house, but not here," a resident said. "Going outside working in the yard, or having people over it is pretty bad," said Crockett resident John Garris. They say long-term exposure to high amounts can lead to nausea and brain fogginess. But on Friday they said the levels have gone down, but some are still present.
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