Cassiar
08-01-2004, 12:42 AM
July 31, 2004
For the last ten years, a mysterious nasty smell has been coming out of storm drains on Fremont Street in Las Vegas. Officials there want to spend $100k to track down the source of the vile odor.
The stink emanating from the storm sewers has plagued the area around the Fremont Street pedestrian mall for a decade, and every time the city has thrown time, effort and deodorizer at the problem, the "sewer-type" aroma has just returned.
On Wednesday, City Council is to consider a $100,000 US consulting contract aimed at finding the source of the olfactory offence.
A tiny closed-circuit television system would be used to examine the downtown storm drains, smoke would be pumped into the system to identify outlets and dye would be used to follow water flows.
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Las Vegas to spend $100,000 to solve mystery of downtown stench
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Along with neon lights and casinos, the downtown area of Las Vegas has become known for the "Stench of Fremont Street" - and city officials are fed up.
"I'm not a connoisseur," said city engineer Charlie Kajkowski. "But it smells."
The stink emanating from the storm sewers has plagued the area around the Fremont Street pedestrian mall for a decade, and every time the city has thrown time, effort and deodorizer at the problem, the "sewer-type" aroma has just returned.
On Wednesday, City Council is to consider a $100,000 US consulting contract aimed at finding the source of the olfactory offence.
A tiny closed-circuit television system would be used to examine the downtown storm drains, smoke would be pumped into the system to identify outlets and dye would be used to follow water flows.
"We've worked with this for like 10 years, and it has just cost money to have manpower out there to clean the pipes and use the industrial deodorizer," Kajkowski said. "If they find and clean it up, we won't have to mess with it anymore."
The storm drain smell has become more obvious since the city started scrubbing out alleys in April, said city manager Doug Selby.
"When you eliminate one odour, others that were masked by those odours become more apparent," he said.
For the last ten years, a mysterious nasty smell has been coming out of storm drains on Fremont Street in Las Vegas. Officials there want to spend $100k to track down the source of the vile odor.
The stink emanating from the storm sewers has plagued the area around the Fremont Street pedestrian mall for a decade, and every time the city has thrown time, effort and deodorizer at the problem, the "sewer-type" aroma has just returned.
On Wednesday, City Council is to consider a $100,000 US consulting contract aimed at finding the source of the olfactory offence.
A tiny closed-circuit television system would be used to examine the downtown storm drains, smoke would be pumped into the system to identify outlets and dye would be used to follow water flows.
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Las Vegas to spend $100,000 to solve mystery of downtown stench
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Along with neon lights and casinos, the downtown area of Las Vegas has become known for the "Stench of Fremont Street" - and city officials are fed up.
"I'm not a connoisseur," said city engineer Charlie Kajkowski. "But it smells."
The stink emanating from the storm sewers has plagued the area around the Fremont Street pedestrian mall for a decade, and every time the city has thrown time, effort and deodorizer at the problem, the "sewer-type" aroma has just returned.
On Wednesday, City Council is to consider a $100,000 US consulting contract aimed at finding the source of the olfactory offence.
A tiny closed-circuit television system would be used to examine the downtown storm drains, smoke would be pumped into the system to identify outlets and dye would be used to follow water flows.
"We've worked with this for like 10 years, and it has just cost money to have manpower out there to clean the pipes and use the industrial deodorizer," Kajkowski said. "If they find and clean it up, we won't have to mess with it anymore."
The storm drain smell has become more obvious since the city started scrubbing out alleys in April, said city manager Doug Selby.
"When you eliminate one odour, others that were masked by those odours become more apparent," he said.