WED 5 Mar 2014
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Neil Murray
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Melissah Comber
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utherford residents have been enlisted to help identify the pungent scent that has been plaguing the suburb. The NSW Environmental Protection Authority has commissioned a study to train the community to detect and characterise odours in the area. The smells have bothered residents for at least three years and are yet to be identified, despite a study being commissioned last year to investigate emissions from 20 potential sources. Member for Maitland and Minister for the Environment Robyn Parker said that odours were difficult to measure and pinpoint, especially with weather playing a role in dispersion of the smell. “Despite extensive investigations into odours in the Rutherford area we have not yet been able to identify a single source or pattern in the frequency or duration of odour emissions,” Ms Parker said. “Involving the community’s noses has been identified as being an important step in determining which odours are considered most offensive by locals and in helping to undertake further odour sampling in the area.” The study will be developed by The Odour Unit, a company which specialises in odour detection and is expected to be completed by the end of April. “The study will involve the establishment of a panel made up of community members who have regularly reported Rutherford odours to the EPA, industry representatives and a ‘control nose’ – to provide a point of reference,” Ms Parker said. “Panel representatives will be presented with a variety of odours collected within the Rutherford area and asked to characterise and grade the odours.”
The residents of Rutherford have been called in to help identify the source of odours in the area
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