Get ready for more smells in Esquimalt from a wastewater treatment plant.
The Capital Regional District (CRD) announced that it will be carrying out maintenance at the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Esquimalt, on Wednesday (Aug. 30) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
“The maintenance work is likely to generate intermittent odours near the facility, including areas immediately surrounding the plant and parts of Esquimalt during the scheduled maintenance,” the CRD said in a news release. “CRD staff and facility contractors are making every effort to limit the impacts experienced by the community and will continue to monitor this issue as work proceeds over the course of the day. We appreciate your patience while we complete this necessary maintenance.”
The plant has been the subject of numerous smell complaints from area residents.
Esquimalt and Vic West residents previously told Black Press Media about their struggles with a distinct odour that arose after the plant started up two years ago – despite contractual promises that the surrounding community wouldn’t be met with any bad smells.
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