Does the AIR near your HOME smell awful?
Call AQMD at (800) 288-7664
If you detect odor that is unacceptable, call AQMD. They are open 24 hours, Tuesday - Sunday, (closed Monday).
Remember to log the time, date and site where you experience the foul air. And if you notify us, we will post it to bring awareness to our community members.
Remember to log the time, date and site where you experience the foul air. And if you notify us, we will post it to bring awareness to our community members.
Example Log
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013
Location: 60 Fwy (EB) Crossroads off-ramp to Workman Mill Rd.
Time: 3:30 am
Odor: Rotten Egg
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013
Location: 60 Fwy (EB) Crossroads off-ramp to Workman Mill Rd.
Time: 3:30 am
Odor: Rotten Egg
Report ODOR!
Don't ignore it, call it...7 am, 6 pm, 2 am...they need to know!
Phone: (800) CUT- SMOG (800) 288-7664
www.aqmd.gov
www.aqmd.gov
Health Watch
Odor Complaint
- We have predominately northerly winds.
- Keep windows to the South closed, especially when the wind is up.
- Pollutants travel farther than one mile with cold air.
- Walk when the sun is up, bringing pollutants higher into the atmosphere.
- With Material Recovery facilities, dust is created when trash and garbage is moved and separated, thus dust travels with odor.
- Particulate matter (PM) 2.5, from diesel emission of trucks.
Odor Complaint
- You should not be able to smell your air.
- Types of offensive odor: sewage, rotten garbage, dead animal, chemical
- Description of offensive
- Feel like throwing up, gives you a headache, nuisance (bothersome when you are outdoors, have family visiting, cannot entertain outdoors)
- Masking agents and Neutralizers (chemical)
- Generally used to disguise foul odor, covers your whole street. Example Laundry softener, garlic, sweet.