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Stock photoPLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) -- Pleasant Grove officials say they're fed up with the odor at the local sewer plant and they want something done about it.
The City Council is asking the Timpanogos Special Service District and Utah County commissioners to end the onsite composting that causes the smell.
Council members say their city is known for the smell, and it's hampering economic development efforts.
Sewer officials say a $16 million plan to construct buildings around some of the plant will all but eliminate the problem.
They say the waste would be composted under huge industrial canvasses, using a forced air system to dramatically speed up the process and leaving behind compost that is similar in smell to compost at gardening stores.
But Pleasant Grove officials say that won't be enough.
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Information from: The Daily Herald
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