GRU and City unable to find source of foul smell reported all over Gainesville
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With 377 comments and counting on a Gainesville Word of Mouth thread about a horrible odor that has been reported “all over town,” City and utility officials are scrambling to find an explanation. The odor has been described as “dog feces” and “a dead carcass from the woods.”
On its Facebook page, GRU posted, “We have walked local creeks, investigated areas where customers have reported foul smells, and found no evidence that the odor is related to GRU’s facilities. Wastewater spills occur from time to time but are contained to small areas and don’t produce a smell that would spread to large portions of the community, as we are experiencing today. Our water reclamation facilities and lift stations are also operating under normal conditions.”
The City of Gainesville posted, “In the spirit of collaboration, our Public Works Director is reaching out to GRU and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to assist with determining the cause.”
The smell is the people in that group catching a whiff of themselves. hihi
Noro virus going around
YOU’RE A BAD DUDE
Gainesville, whassup?????
The piles of human excrement who’ve been occupying the dais in City Hall has slowly spread their odoriferous fumes throughout the City.
It’s finally becoming more apparent to those who elected them.
They don’t call it Biomess for nothing!
The smell of sulfur has been associated with demonic activity for thousands of years.
I’ve noticed a “sewer gas” smell around many of our elementary schools for years. Doesn’t matter if it’s during school or middle of the summer when they’re closed — the stench still permeates the area. There seems to be infrastructure issues that aren’t addressed.
We will be screwed if Gainesville is attacked by terrorists. Curry will have to ask the equity calculator what she should do. I saw a big chemtrail this morning around 10 a.m. It was definitely out of the ordinary.
Curry will do whatever she thinks will protect her own to high salary. She made her stand clear when she fired people to ‘save money’ and prove her worth. She is in it for herself. And she is not well spoken. Hunch down in your chair Curry when you speak and pretend we admire you.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
.. Oooh Oooooh that smell…. can’t you smell that smell….
Please ask the new downtown ‘ambassadors’ to take a few cans of febrezs and spray down the offending parties.
I’ve been smelling a skunk on every street corner in Gainesburg for years.
You cant drive through the city without smelling the stench of weed! With a dispensary on every other corner it’s no wonder why. Would be interesting to see where Gainesville stands with people having medical marijuana cards. My money would place them in the top 10 nationwide and number 1 in the state .
what does that smell have to do with the smell that was hanging around yesterday???
Something else stinks. I’m wondering if the image was approved by the DEI Office since it clearly doesn’t represent the population of Gainesville or the employees of GRU.
uh oh….time to MASK UP again!!
Used to get a bad smell from the paper mill in Palatka when the wind was right… then there was the cold snap fishkill in Bivens Lake a few years back…
Try city hall.
I grew up in dairy country in central NY and this smells exactly like liquefied manure that they would spray fields with. Not saying that is what it is but sure smells the same
Pretty sure the winds blew in the small usually associated with Bell.
The rancid smell of corruption from city hall & Thomas Center. Now you know.
Be Aware that “some” not all of the “Bad Smell” is related to individuals with poor Hygiene Habits. Also diseases and dying internal organs produce a rotten smell that distributes out of ones skin pores. So, my advise is to Shower often. At least every morning with deodorant soap like Dial antibacterial bath soap and especially after breaking a sweat. Also, due to expensive Electric Bills individuals are having trouble being able to wash clothing as often as they would prefer. Electric Company charges a household for Water coming in and water 💦 going out. When you flush your commode, toilet’s you are charged a water fee just like you are charged a water fee for filling up your washing machine to wash a load of clothes. Take Care and Find Happiness Wherever and Whenever You Can!!!
“Street Drugs” Such as Crack Cocaine, Spice, Tuchi, Ice, Molly mixed with Cigar or Cigarette Tobacco produces a ” Most Foul” Odor in the Air. Individuals with drug habits and a “Death ☠️ Wish” take Cigars and unwrap them and discard most of the cigar tobacco and mix the smokable “Street Drugs” up and fill the Tobacco Paper Wrapping back up. Roll and Smoke while walking down the City Sidewalks of University Avenue of Gainesville Florida. Also these individuals “Smoke” Street Drugs and Operate a Motor Vehicle with Deadly Fumes Seaping out of their Vehicle Windows and Air Conditioner Compressors. Then they commit Vehicular Manslaughter by running over a sidewalk walker. Never should have allowed individuals to smoke Marijuana, Cannabis outside their home being it is supposed to be a “Prescription” Prescribed by a Licensed Physician. My advise is to smoke your Marijuana Prescription and Stay HOME 🏠!!! Remember “Crack Is Wack” Drugs Kill!! Say “No” To Drugs!!! Also stop stealing shipped Animal liquid flea and tick medications from loving pet owners door step’s adding it to a syringe 💉 and shooting it up in your human veins to get High on a Sad and depressed Life Style!! Just Saying😜
Ever heard of “Methane Gas”?! Many forms of Gases can leak out from below ground level. Up to surface level and out into the Air in which we Breathe. This Extreme and Unusual Florida Hot and Cold Weekly Weather 🌡️ can cause water, sewage and such underground pipes to expand and can cause hair line cracks in the pipe fixtures and elbows of the pipes. Also, Plumbing Pipes, Sewage Drain Pipes and such are being damaged and cracked by Individuals with “overweening egos””who had “Destructive” Loud Car Stereo in their Motor Vehicle’s. Car Speakers and Whoofers can produce like a Sonic Boom a Sonic Vibration Wave and this destroys a City’s Historical Buildings. Destroys and cracks Business Building’s Water 💦 Pipes, Drain Pipes Sewage Pipes and the likes. Too Loud and Obnoxious Vehicle Stereo Systems and Loud Speakers”Car Toy Games” are just an extension of the car driver’s bad humor, overweening egos, bullying attitude and destructive personality!!! City Laws Need To Change and Advance on these Criminally Insane Citizens, Interstate Travelers and and City Visitors. Thank You and Y’all Come Back Now! Ya Hear!!! Gainesville Florida Alachua County is Just the place to Raise your Kid’s. Wild 🦃 Turkey is not just for Thanksgiving it’s a Popular Liquor Drink!! People!! Don’t Drink 🍺🍻 Beer or Liquor or 🍷 Wine and Drive a Car in Gainesville. Do not Skate 🛹 board or ride a 🚲 bicycle or walk down public sidewalks under the influence of Alcohol and or Prescription Drugs or Street Illegal Drugs. Thanks
Pet Owners who walk their Pet’s along City Sidewalks and in City Parking lots need to be sure to bring a pet poopie bag to collect your pet’s poopies and dispose of properly. This could account for some of the “foul” smelly Odor in the Air in Gainesville Florida Alachua County.
Alligator ‘s🐊will kill their pray in the woods and consume most of it there if hungry enough. Alligator does not and cannot always wait for their meal to come to or into a body of water. Wooded areas that have a pond or Lake or any body of water should be checked for dead and rotting carcass ‘s. This could account for the Dead Foul Odor in the Air in Gainesville Alachua County Florida. A rotting carcass could even be a Human not just that of a Animal that a Alligator 🐊 has killed or partially killed. Many individuals find small ponds and bodies of water in the woods in Gainesville Florida to Fish, Gig for Frogs and so forth. So many Naturelovers also hike and bike and Bird watch in woods and Nature Parks.
It’s the city’s antiquated sewer system, it’s been stinking for decades.