What can be done about the unpleasant odours coming from our local sewage treatment works?
Odour from most sewage treatment works in England and Wales is regulated by local authority environmental health officers under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Environmental health officers have a legal duty to check their areas and investigate reports from the public about unpleasant odours. The officers assess whether smells from sewage treatment works amounts to a statutory nuisance. Factors taken into account include duration of smell and how often it occurs. If an odour is found to be a nuisance, the local authority will issue an abatement notice to the sewerage company. This will tell the company to reduce or stop the odour and the timescale within which the work must be done. As part of their investment programme, we require sewerage companies to prioritise their works to tackle odour problems that may arise from their sewage works. There is, however, no clear standard for the emission of odours from their works. We do not have powers to award compensation to customers wh
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