Laguna sewer system produces odors

Odors have been reported at several locations along the sewer line

from Laguna Beach to Aliso Creek, according to City Manager Ken

Frank. City officials have initiated an interim plan to apply

chlorine to the lift stations, which will eliminate some odiferous

material which Frank believes may exist in the force main and which

may be causing gas production throughout the system.

On a longer-range basis, city officials are watching a study by

the Orange County Sanitation District in Seal Beach, which has

installed a super oxygenation system at one of its pump stations to

address an odor problem. Preliminary results of the study are

favorable, Frank says.