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Residents report odor, council seeks sewer readings; booster pump repaired
Summary
A council member reported neighborhood hydrogen‑sulfide (H2S) odors and personal H2S readings around 1–2 ppm; Tatiana said the DPW and sewer authority are compiling monitoring data and a public meeting is being scheduled. The borough also reported a recently repaired booster pump that had reduced pressure in two districts.
Council members and residents raised concerns Sept. 30 about odor and monitoring for hydrogen sulfide (H2S) near sewer‑authority infrastructure.
One council member told colleagues he purchased a personal H2S meter after smelling a problem and recorded readings of about 1–2 parts per million in the area. He asked the borough to press the sewer authority for the six‑to‑nine months of monitoring data it had been collecting.
Tatiana Marquis said the sewer authority had been working with the Department of Public Works to download the monitoring data into its system and that staff have asked the authority for a date to hold a public meeting to discuss the findings.
Separately, Tatiana reported the borough’s water booster pump—whose trouble had caused temporary low pressure in Districts 4 and 6—had been repaired and that pressure had returned to normal levels. She said the booster station work is ongoing and that full service should be restored shortly.
Tatiana: “The water department did have some issues at the booster station this past weekend, but the water department was great in repairing and making the repair quickly… pressure has remained at a great level.”
