Does anyone else smell a strong funny smell outside?

[skyc6]

There is a strong smell, like sulphur, outside. As soon as I turned onto Pinellas, I smelled it, and if I go into my garage now, I can still smell it. Any ideas?

[pooh]

Not here in Caroline, but I do remember smelling a sulfur like smell one time when playing the Truman golf course. We aren't on a sleeping volcano, are we??. :D

Not sure what it is or where it's from.

[HDriders]

We are in Charlotte and we smelled it as well.....

[skyc6]

We are in Charlotte and we smelled it as well.....

It is a strong smell, covering a large area.

[Happinow]

We were coming back from Turtle Mound tonight about 7:30 and noticed a smell on Pinellas. I said to my husband " I'm glad it doesn't smell like that at our house. Low and behold when we got home I went out on the lanai and it smelled just like the other smell!! I got a laugh out of it. Don't know what it is though.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Sorry, I had Brussel sprouts for dinner.

[senior citizen]

There is a strong smell, like sulphur, outside. As soon as I turned onto Pinellas, I smelled it, and if I go into my garage now, I can still smell it. Any ideas?

Here are some clues to determine where it might be coming from.....

Rotten egg smell: Guide to diagnosing the cause of sulphur smells, sewer gas smells, rotten egg odors in buildings (http://inspectapedia.com/hazmat/Sulphur_Odor_Sources.htm)


p.s.
When we lived in Satellite Beach Florida in 1972, there always was a smell of sulphur when the underground sprinklers would go on.
It was the water. Horrible odor.

We did not notice anything like that at all in THE VILLAGES.
The home we rented for a month had the sprinklers and the water had no odor at all.

http://inspectapedia.com/septic/Septic_Site_Odor_Causes.htm
I know there are no septic tanks in THE VILLAGES, but could it be coming from an adjacent town, carried by the wind??
Keep scrolling down on this link to read about "weather conditions"

[DianeM]

I don't smell anything but this lightening storm is giving me the creeps. It's been going on for hours.

[kittygilchrist]

Diane, it is still storming and red with minor lightening all over the sky...hope you are getting some sleep.

[DianeM]

Diane, it is still storming and red with minor lightening all over the sky...hope you are getting some sleep.

�ctually I watched TV until the wee hours of the morning. Oh well.

[asianthree]

bet its the sprinklers when we first moved in the smell was yuck..but as time went on it gets better.

[Lark7]

The smell still existed when I took my morning walk in the Village of Charlotte.

[nitehawk]

Its the sewer treatment plant

[villages07]

Its the sewer treatment plant

There is no sewer treatment plant south of 466A.

All wastewater treatment for s of 466A is done at the facility near the Bacall golf course.

[tucson]

There is a strong smell, like sulphur, outside. As soon as I turned onto Pinellas, I smelled it, and if I go into my garage now, I can still smell it. Any ideas?

Reclaimed water from sprinklers :-(

[rubicon]

Its all due to the increase of gas guzzling golf carts. You can see the haze of carbon above your head. it is also because of the sewer plants converting dirty water so the viilages can water courses' It is also because of the high humidity and warm tems along with all that rain. its also because of all the fertilization being done here to keep everything lush and green. The Villages is creating a huge carbon footprint and that is the real reason for the IRS bond dispute.:D

[senior citizen]

Reclaimed water from sprinklers :-(

So there is the same type of sulphur smelling water used by the underground sprinklers....such as is used on the east coast of Florida?????

When we were staying in TV, we were HAPPY that the sprinkler water had no odor. The sulphur smell on the east coast was nauseating....but that's what they sprinkled the lawns with. It was Saint Augustine grass.

[graciegirl]

So there is the same type of sulphur smelling water used by the underground sprinklers....such as is used on the east coast of Florida?????

When we were staying in TV, we were HAPPY that the sprinkler water had no odor. The sulphur smell on the east coast was nauseating....but that's what they sprinkled the lawns with. It was Saint Augustine grass.


North of 466 the sprinklers use plain water like from the tap.
South of 466 the lawn sprinklers use water from the ponds.

South of 466 when the sprinklers first come on it is stinky. The water has been sitting there and fermenting in the heat, after a minute or two it isn't so bad.

I don't think the odor is from sprinklers. I wonder what it is.

[senior citizen]

Its all due to the increase of gas guzzling golf carts. You can see the haze of carbon above your head. it is also because of the sewer plants converting dirty water so the viilages can water courses' It is also because of the high humidity and warm tems along with all that rain. its also because of all the fertilization being done here to keep everything lush and green. The Villages is creating a huge carbon footprint and that is the real reason for the IRS bond dispute.:D

That makes a lot of sense based on what I read yesterday.....re weather conditions and sulphur smells.......hope that "Dorian" or whatever it is now moves on out fast.......

So, it's like a stagnant air mass?

[graciegirl]

That makes a lot of sense based on what I read yesterday.....re weather conditions and sulphur smells.......hope that "Dorian" or whatever it is now moves on out fast.......

So, it's like a stagnant air mass?


Um....I think he is ummm....kidding.

[CFrance]

Um....I think he is ummm....kidding.

No, it's from the steel mills. Whoops... wrong city, wrong decade.:pepper2:

[Spectreron]

Dog poop?

[drdodge]

it is the reclaimed water they use to water the landscape areas and also the lawns. in most of the areas south of Sumter landing you have 2 sets of pipe one for potable water and one for reclaimed water for irriagation. some of reclaimed water is from the sewer plant that has been treated

[graciegirl]

it is the reclaimed water they use to water the landscape areas and also the lawns. in most of the areas south of Sumter landing you have 2 sets of pipe one for potable water and one for reclaimed water for irriagation. some of reclaimed water is from the sewer plant that has been treated

O.K.

Then why wouldn't it smell all of the time. Posters are saying they could smell it last night and this morning?

[jblum315]

Yes, it is the reclaimed water used for irrigation. I noticed it first time I was here 4 years ago. Don't notice it any more, guess I've gotten used to it.

[Spectreron]

Why are they sprinkling? I thought you had above normal rain the past few weeks. Are they trying to lower the ponds to prevent flooding? If so, wouldn't the pond water be fairly fresh and not stinky?

[senior citizen]

it is the reclaimed water they use to water the landscape areas and also the lawns. in most of the areas south of Sumter landing you have 2 sets of pipe one for potable water and one for reclaimed water for irriagation. some of reclaimed water is from the sewer plant that has been treated

Is that reclaimed water healthy???

Come to think of it, when we did our 4 day lifestyle visit at Creekside Landing there was a sign by the home that said something about "reclaimed water".
Creekside Landing is near Lake Sumter Landing.

So, "reclaimed water" has a sulphur like odor???

Thanks in advance .....we do recall that smell from the east coast, beach side, of Florida.....when the irrigation sprinkler system would go on at home.

[senior citizen]

Why are they sprinkling? I thought you had above normal rain the past few weeks. Are they trying to lower the ponds to prevent flooding? If so, wouldn't the pond water be fairly fresh and not stinky?


The home sprinkler systems go on automatically.....I guess whatever the owner sets them to. We were there the month of November and the sprinklers were operating at the home we rented, however, the water did not smell like sulphur at all. Just plain water. No problem in Calumet Grove.

[graciegirl]

The home sprinkler systems go on automatically.....I guess whatever the owner sets them to. We were there the month of November and the sprinklers were operating at the home we rented, however, the water did not smell like sulphur at all. Just plain water. No problem in Calumet Grove.

BECAUSE Calumet Grove is NORTH of 466 where they use tap water like from inside the house.
Reclaimed water from ponds is used SOUTH of 466. It can be stinky especially in high temperatures.

The smell is new area wide last night and this morning and folks are not relating sprinkler smells but a general smell to the area. I don't have a clue what it is..

[senior citizen]

No, it's from the steel mills. Whoops... wrong city, wrong decade.:pepper2:

I don't know about steel mills, but wood pulp paper mills have a terrible odor. Whenever we'd pass inland through the town of Rumford Maine which has the cutest waterfalls........it often had that odor......from the mill....but that mill provided the livelihood for the town.....the row houses were still there, that housed the workers back in the day.....

In the early 1900s two mills that are still in operation today were built on opposite ends of the state. Hugh J. Chisholm opened the Oxford Paper Company�s Rumford mill, now owned by NewPage, in 1901. In 1906 St. Croix Paper opened the Baileyville (Woodland) mill, now owned by Woodland Pulp LLC.
************************************************** *******

Amelia Island Florida used to have the same type operation and residents complained of the odor from the paper mill..........a neighbor friend of ours who just happens to be a retired anesthesiologist bought a home on Amelia Island.........but later sold it. So, for now, the doctor and his wife are staying put in Vermont. The particles used to fly through the air and land on the cars.....

We also used to pass some big huge paper mill while driving south to Florida, perhaps in Georgia? Not sure.....but the smokestacks would let out a terrible odor.

So, between sulphur smell and wood pulp and steel mills....don't know which is the worst. I guess anything could be worse than an occasional odor of sulphur............as long as it is not methane gas. If that smell is inside the house, then it would be worrisome.............people do experience that during HEAVY RAINS........and in some flooding situations.
It would come up from the toilet........

[graciegirl]

-------- grasshopper.

[water boy]

It could be the reused water they use to water common areas.

[Bogie Shooter]

This to shall pass......................

[graciegirl]

This to shall pass......................

uh huh.


Who IS on first?

[Duvalboomer]

Fish kill in some of the ponds due to temperature inversion from all of the rain

[senior citizen]

It could be the reused water they use to water common areas.

Very likely what it is.......the reused water.

In our town, if there was a pervasive odor, we would call our Town Clerk or call someone in the Water Department......doesn't TV have a higher up that they can call???? Everyone up here knows who works in the Town Hall and in the Water Department. Obviously, we do not have underground lawn sprinklers.......but just saying.......if there was a smell and it was perceived to be the water.......then we'd call. Or else, call the appropriate town office.

Who do you folks call when there is a problem????? Just wondering.

A short time ago, we discovered that the Blue Rhino plant which exploded wasn't that far from The Villages. Maybe there is other industry around the perimeter????? What other factories might there be???? Maybe they are emitting this foul odor.

Like up here...........if someone ran over a skunk or a skunk passed through someone's back yard..........the stench would last and last and be very annoying..........so I can understand why people are asking questions about this sulphur odor. Is it coming from the water treatment plant itself???? Maybe they have a problem. It is a nauseating smell.....no one likes to smell sulphur in the air.

Good luck with clearing it up........or at least getting answers.

Anyone raised in a city can remember the chemical smells every now and then (when we were kids) but it's something you get used to.

However, a pervasive odor in the air doesn't bode well for someone in TV trying to sell their home right now.........most people like to breathe fresh clean air.

[senior citizen]

Fish kill in some of the ponds due to temperature inversion from all of the rain

I just found this:

A sudden appearance of dead fish in a lake or pond causes considerable concern and alarm for most people. Our first reaction is to suspect poisoning of the waterbody. Most fishkills,however, result from natural events, although people can influence their frequency and severity.

Fish kills usually result from too little oxygen in the water.

South Florida receives between 150 and 200 fish kill reports each year.

While some result from spills or illegal discharges of toxic substances, most kills occur when OXYGEN dissolved in the water drops to levels insufficient for fish survival.

For a dissolved oxygen of DO-related fish kill to occur, a combination of environmental conditions transpire simultaneously.

WEATHER PATTERNS, water temperature, depth and quality, amount and type of plant growth, fish community structure, along with the presence of viruses and bacteria are all factors that are necessary to trigger a fish kill.

Lakes, ponds and canals located in RESIDENTIAL AREAS are particularly vulnerable to DO related fish kills. Developed areas create runoff that contain high amounts of nutrients from SEPTIC TANKS.

In addition, street and yard drainage that enters waterbodies can cause water quality problems...

High levels of nutrients from fertilizers applied to lawns, golf courses and farms cause aquatic plants to thrive......

Ponds with high nutrient levels produce dense growths of microscopic plants called ALGAE.

When sunlight is available, algae use nutrients and produces oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Most oxygen available to fish comes from algae.

DURING NIGHT TIME and cloudy weather, low sunlight causes algae to switch from photosynthesis to respiration, consuming oxygen needed by fish. During severe events, fish can suffocate from low DO.

Most frequently, fish become stressed during a low DO period and become susceptible to viral or bacterial infections.

Most fish kills occur in the warmer months of May through September.
Usually after a period of RAINY or cloudy weather.

Application of pesticides to control lawn and crop insects can enter a pond during heavy rains and cause a fish kill.

FISH KILLS CAN ONLY BE PREVENTED BY MAINTAINING GOOD WATER QUALITY.

CLEAN UP OF FISH KILLS OCCURING IN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LAKES AND CANALS ARE GENERALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER OR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

[DougB]

Sorry, I had Brussel sprouts for dinner.

No picture? If you make them with turkey bacon and cranberries they smell (I am told) scrumptious.

[North&South]

Ahhhh yes, I also know well the smell of Rumford, Maine. My sisters and I still use "Rumford" as an adjective when describing a particularly offensive odor! Please don't tell me that the odor has retired to The Villages, too!!!

[senior citizen]

Ahhhh yes, I also know well the smell of Rumford, Maine. My sisters and I still use "Rumford" as an adjective when describing a particularly offensive odor! Please don't tell me that the odor has retired to The Villages, too!!!

Nope, what you and I remember was a wood pulp paper odor; actually it wasn't there every single time.....it depended on how the wind was blowing.

Some in TV have mentioned an odor of "sulphur".....which reminds me of the sulphur water they use on the east coast of Florida in the water sprinkler systems (underground sprinkler system) for residential homes.

[Warren Kiefer]

Here are some clues to determine where it might be coming from.....

Rotten egg smell: Guide to diagnosing the cause of sulphur smells, sewer gas smells, rotten egg odors in buildings (http://inspectapedia.com/hazmat/Sulphur_Odor_Sources.htm)


p.s.
When we lived in Satellite Beach Florida in 1972, there always was a smell of sulphur when the underground sprinklers would go on.
It was the water. Horrible odor.

We did not notice anything like that at all in THE VILLAGES.
The home we rented for a month had the sprinklers and the water had no odor at all.

Site conditions or weather factors causing sewer gas or septic odors (http://inspectapedia.com/septic/Septic_Site_Odor_Causes.htm)
I know there are no septic tanks in THE VILLAGES, but could it be coming from an adjacent town, carried by the wind??
Keep scrolling down on this link to read about "weather conditions"

The odor was so bad last week that while playing golf, I has to hold a towel over my face. The guys at the starter shack said the smell was from fertilizer. In a way I agree, but in my opinion the product being used was what we called sludge. Sludge is the solid wasts from the sewer treatment plants, it is spread onto a flat surface of land and allowed to dry. I recall people in out small Illinois town lining up with their pickup trucks for a load of the dried sludge which they would use as fertilizer.:(

[Happinow]

We played Palmetto tonight and the first hole was the worst....it seemed that the water stunk. I needed a towel over my nose too. It is so gross. I sure wish things would dry out a bit. Some of the holes on the courses are so wet.

[senior citizen]

The odor was so bad last week that while playing golf, I has to hold a towel over my face. The guys at the starter shack said the smell was from fertilizer. In a way I agree, but in my opinion the product being used was what we called sludge. Sludge is the solid wasts from the sewer treatment plants, it is spread onto a flat surface of land and allowed to dry. I recall people in out small Illinois town lining up with their pickup trucks for a load of the dried sludge which they would use as fertilizer.:(



http://www.floridabay.org/pub/bw_report/sulfer.shtml
Similar odor problem.....different area.....

[senior citizen]

Frequently Asked Questions (http://www.myclearwater.com/gov/depts/pwa/public_utils/divisions/reclaimed/faq.asp)

I looked up "reclaimed water" and it says here that it has very little smell....just a slight chlorine smell.

[DougB]

uh huh.


Who IS on first?

I don't know. Hey Abbott!

Abbot and Costello - Who's on First - YouTube

[nitehawk]

There is no sewer treatment plant south of 466A.

All wastewater treatment for s of 466A is done at the facility near the Bacall golf course.

O.K.

Then why wouldn't it smell all of the time. Posters are saying they could smell it last night and this morning?

The odor was so bad last week that while playing golf, I has to hold a towel over my face. The guys at the starter shack said the smell was from fertilizer. In a way I agree, but in my opinion the product being used was what we called sludge. Sludge is the solid wasts from the sewer treatment plants, it is spread onto a flat surface of land and allowed to dry. I recall people in out small Illinois town lining up with their pickup trucks for a load of the dried sludge which they would use as fertilizer.:(

I think you have the answer -- the sludge from the sewer treatment plant is dried and spread --- then when the sprinklers go off it wets the sludge and there is the smell

[The Buckeyes]

Sooooooooooo............after 5 pages does ANYONE have and answer rather than an opinion?

[nitehawk]

Sooooooooooo............after 5 pages does ANYONE have and answer rather than an opinion?

Who cares - if you research it and find the real answer you will probably not be able to do anything about it --- but if you do research it and get the real answer please tell us - until then try making a guess like everyone else

[mulligan]

What you see spread on the courses is purchased from an outside source, and it is actually "baked " sludge. We do not use the sludge from our plant, it is shipped out for processing.

[nitehawk]

So it is someones else sludge --right ??

[graciegirl]

Are the best guesses or opinions or answers by;

A: People who live here?

B: People who don't live here?

C: Beats me.

By the way guys south of 466A...over by Morse, is it still there or is it gone so we can bury this horse?

[mulligan]

So it is someones else sludge --right ??

yep !!

[Patty55]

So it is someones else sludge --right ??

Oh, the irony is rich.

[Villageswimmer]

yep !!


Yep it's still there? yep it's gone? or yep we can bury the horse? ;)

[janmcn]

Are the best guesses or opinions or answers by;

A: People who live here?

B: People who don't live here?

C: Beats me.

By the way guys south of 466A...over by Morse, is it still there or is it gone so we can bury this horse?


Maybe it's the dead horse that's causing the odor.

[Warren Kiefer]

what you see spread on the courses is purchased from an outside source, and it is actually "baked " sludge. We do not use the sludge from our plant, it is shipped out for processing.


it"s still human waste no matter if baked, broiled or deep fried. It could easily be seen on the course. We were walking in it, hitting our golf balls thru it and then picking up that same golf ball....mulligan, a duck is still a duck no matter how you dress it.

[graciegirl]

it"s still human waste no matter if baked, broiled or deep fried. It could easily be seen on the course. We were walking in it, hitting our golf balls thru it and then picking up that same golf ball....mulligan, a duck is still a duck no matter how you dress it.

No one else has posted about this ****...I mean stuff. Are you sure you correctly identified it as poop? And People Poop??

Oh I can see what is coming........

[keithwand]

Kind of like Milwaukee's best Milorginite but with a hint of sulphur odor?

[perrjojo]

Sooooooooooo............after 5 pages does ANYONE have and answer rather than an opinion?

I my OPINION, the answer is ..... NO!
:a040:

[Duvalboomer]

Sooooooooooo............after 5 pages does ANYONE have and answer rather than an opinion?

Once again, it is fish kill do to temperature inversion from all of the rain. I read an article in The Daily Sun (I think it was the Sun) several weeks back, that talked about the problem. The warm water on top of the ponds does not hold as much O2 and with all of the rain the warm water if forced to the bottom of the pond and the O2 rich cooler water is forced to the top and some of the fish die causing quite a stink

[nitehawk]

I hope nobody is kissing there ball after a really good put !!!

[graciegirl]

I hope nobody is kissing there ball after a really good put !!!

There are ball washers placed at strategic places all over our courses for just that reason.

Just don't fall off one.;)

[Janegerryclark]

I think the ponds are full, so they are using pond water to water grass to lower levels of water. I think it is pond/ gray water smell

[keithwand]

There are ball washers placed at strategic places all over our courses for just that reason.

Just don't fall off one.;)

Gracie; bad girl.

[e-flyer]

The lawn company told me it was fertilizer used on the golf courses. He said the type used on lawns is slow release nitrogen, and the stuff they use is a cheaper/coarser grade that releases nitrogen almost immediately, creating the odor. I didn't notice it until today, but the winds were up a bit and we smelled it over in Pinellas. Just repeating what "the man" told me. :popcorn:

[DougB]

I hope nobody is kissing there ball after a really good put !!!

Arnold Palmer told Johnny Carson his wife would kiss his balls for good luck before a tournament.

[Warren Kiefer]

I think the ponds are full, so they are using pond water to water grass to lower levels of water. I think it is pond/ gray water smell

I will try to explain one more time :undecided:that the smell is processed human waste. The Evans Prairie course was covered with the dark pellet size dried sludge. I assure it is very easy to tell the difference between pond water and dried sewer plant sludge.

[graciegirl]

And the beat goes on....................

[Warren Kiefer]

Kind of like Milwaukee's best Milorginite but with a hint of sulphur odor?

That is exactly what it is !!!!!

[Birdie Dreamer]

Arnold Palmer told Johnny Carson his wife would kiss his balls for good luck before a tournament.

But the most interesting part of that conversation was Johnny's response and Arnold's reaction to it.

[DougB]

But the most interesting part of that conversation was Johnny's response and Arnold's reaction to it.

Yes it was, but now thinking about it, it was his wife that said it to which Carson responded with a reference to his putter.

[CFrance]

Arnold Palmer told Johnny Carson his wife would kiss his balls for good luck before a tournament.

But the most interesting part of that conversation was Johnny's response and Arnold's reaction to it.

Yes, there was definitely more to that story :a040:

[Birdie Dreamer]

Yes it was, but now thinking about it, it was his wife that said it to which Carson responded with a reference to his putter.

You are correct! It was Winnie.

[CFrance]

Yes it was, but now thinking about it, it was his wife that said it to which Carson responded with a reference to his putter.

Johnny asked his wife if she did anything before a tournament to bring him good luck, and she said... well, never mind.

[DougB]

Johnny asked his wife if she did anything before a tournament to bring him good luck, and she said... well, never mind.

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[gomoho]

Warren = how do you know this????

[CFrance]

Warren = how do you know this????

For a good explanation of Milorganite, go here Milorganite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milorganite) The development of Milorganite was a huge recycling project that has been going on for decades.

They claim it is "baked clean," I guess like those bags of cow manure sold at the nurseries that we all used around our flower and tomato plants.

Whether that's what they're using on the golf course, I can't say. It does say in the article that it is used extensively by golf courses.

[Patty55]

Well, that does it, my dogs are no longer going to be allowed to pee/poop anywhere south of 466.:cus:

[JP]

For a good explanation of Milorganite, go here Milorganite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milorganite) The development of Milorganite was a huge recycling project that has been going on for decades.

They claim it is "baked clean," I guess like those bags of cow manure sold at the nurseries that we all used around our flower and tomato plants.

Whether that's what they're using on the golf course, I can't say. It does say in the article that it is used extensively by golf courses.

I've used Milorganite on my lawn and it definitely was NOT baked clean and it stunk for quite awhile plus I didn't think it was a very good fertilizer. I went back to Fertilome.

[skyguy79]

Well, that does it, my dogs are no longer going to be allowed to pee/poop anywhere south of 466.:cus:Unfortunately that won't solve the smell problem. The smell itself comes from a secret install of a dumping station by aliens to use when they're trekking in this area of the galaxy. No one realizes that it's there because they've extensively camouflaged it and they go into invisible mode when stopping by to dump their black & brown holding tanks!

Unfortunately, I cannot tell you it's exact location because I've been held to secrecy as to it's precise location under the penalty of their returning my sanity, but I can tell you that where it is located, you'll find lush lovely plant life abounds in it's immediate location!

Gotta run now! My handlers are taking me in for my next treatment.

http://images.clipartlogo.com/files/ss/thumb/106/106320659/crazy-cartoon-guy-in-a-straight_small.jpg

[Warren Kiefer]

Warren = how do you know this????


Did you not read the other posting that explained exactly what was causing the smell. I personally know what it was because as I stated earlier, we were playing golf in the smell and one of the guys picked up a piece about the size of a tennis ball. One whiff was all it took to know exactly what it was.

[Warren Kiefer]

Once again, it is fish kill do to temperature inversion from all of the rain. I read an article in The Daily Sun (I think it was the Sun) several weeks back, that talked about the problem. The warm water on top of the ponds does not hold as much O2 and with all of the rain the warm water if forced to the bottom of the pond and the O2 rich cooler water is forced to the top and some of the fish die causing quite a stink


You couldn't be more wrong.There is quite a difference in human waste and dead fish. I continue to post that I was part of a group playing golf in that horrible smell. The fairways were covered in fine pellet size dark material. That particular day the humidity was 100% when we started the round of golf. The humidity was what caused the smell to be released from the substance being applied as fertilizer. IT WAS NOT FISH KILL !!!! On some of the holes there was no water within a half mile, but the smell was just as strong as every other location. Do you really think the golf division or the Daily Sun would admit that we Villagers were playing golf atop human waste ??? If you do, then I have a snow plow here in Florida I would like to sell you.

[graciegirl]

You couldn't be more wrong.There is quite a difference in human waste and dead fish. I continue to post that I was part of a group playing golf in that horrible smell. The fairways were covered in fine pellet size dark material. That particular day the humidity was 100% when we started the round of golf. The humidity was what caused the smell to be released from the substance being applied as fertilizer. IT WAS NOT FISH KILL !!!! On some of the holes there was no water within a half mile, but the smell was just as strong as every other location. Do you really think the golf division or the Daily Sun would admit that we Villagers were playing golf atop human waste ??? If you do, then I have a snow plow here in Florida I would like to sell you.


DANG. This whole subject stinks and so do attitudes on it.

I think we aren't for sure that it was the fertilizer or the fish kill or what it was and we haven't heard from the smellers south of 466A whether they are still smelling it.

Still?

Do you think it is a STILL? I never thought of that.

Lordy...have you noticed how we like to fuss and have the last word on this forum?? And some people like me don't know when to shut UP!!!!

[SouthOfTheBorder]

..........

we haven't heard from the smellers south of 466A whether they are still smelling it.

Still?........

Still there along Pinellas/BV this morning....gave me an extra incentive to pick up my pace during this section of my run. :thumbup:

I didn't smell it while running BV/Hillsborough Trail, even though that area is fairly close to the wetlands.

Don

[gomoho]

Did you not read the other posting that explained exactly what was causing the smell. I personally know what it was because as I stated earlier, we were playing golf in the smell and one of the guys picked up a piece about the size of a tennis ball. One whiff was all it took to know exactly what it was.

Now you have explained how you know this - and yes I read the post an now you have explained it. thanks

[Patty55]

What prevents this from getting into our groundwater? How about the sprinkler water at our homes? The water at the outside spigots?

I've always found the water thing here kind of confusing, does the water from the sprinklers come from the golf course runoff, how about the sewer thing in the street, where does this go?

Am I the only one repulsed by this?

[rubicon]

Played Bonifay this AM and the strong odor around the club house chocked me. As we played out further the smell evaporated. I have not experienced this strong an odor elsewhere in The Villages????????????????????

[kittygilchrist]

Of all people, I like to be first to blurt out an opinion with no clue what I'm talking about. I thought I'd just wait for something substantial and let this settle down and then find out what happened. didn't smell it or walk in it or golf in it.

This is STILL an amazingly helpless thread. apparently there is no official verification what happened or why altho we know where. So is nobody following up with somebody in charge?

[Patty55]

Okay, who is the official person to speak to?

[Barefoot]

You couldn't be more wrong.There is quite a difference in human waste and dead fish. I continue to post that I was part of a group playing golf in that horrible smell. The fairways were covered in fine pellet size dark material. That particular day the humidity was 100% when we started the round of golf. The humidity was what caused the smell to be released from the substance being applied as fertilizer. IT WAS NOT FISH KILL !!!! On some of the holes there was no water within a half mile, but the smell was just as strong as every other location. Do you really think the golf division or the Daily Sun would admit that we Villagers were playing golf atop human waste ??? If you do, then I have a snow plow here in Florida I would like to sell you.

Warren has now explained this whole thing three times in gruesome detail. Please don't make him explain it a fourth time, or it may be accompanied with pictures in technicolor. :jester: I'm glad TOTV doesn't offer scratch n sniff!

[graciegirl]

Warren has now explained this whole thing three times in gruesome detail. Please don't make him explain it a fourth time, or it may be accompanied with pictures in technicolor. :jester: I'm glad TOTV doesn't offer scratch n sniff!

O.K. Warren. That is what it was. People Poop. Uncle.

[kittygilchrist]

yeah. really, if Warren says it's people poop, that's all we need to know.

[Patty55]

I've been googling the health risks and now know more than I needed to know.

[nitehawk]

I've been googling the health risks and now know more than I needed to know.

No - No -No - you should drink one maybe more large glasses of kool-aid before researching the health risks

[JP]

Played Bonifay this AM and the strong odor around the club house chocked me. As we played out further the smell evaporated. I have not experienced this strong an odor elsewhere in The Villages????????????????????

I've played Bonifay and had the same experience. It smells like a sewage treatment plant to me and I think the wind was blowing from the East. I feel sorry for the people with linais over there. I don't think they would be usable.

[chuckinca]

Or the houses.

Went to Bonifay CC restaurant a couple years ago soon after it opened and noticed the heavy sewer treatment plant odor in that area. There are fixes to the odor problem but it is expensive. Apparently the money hasn't been spent to make the fix yet.

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[graciegirl]

Well. In the spring when they spread cow manure on Ohio farms it is fragrant. Amazing how that stuff makes the garden grow.

I was over there yesterday morning and it smelled a bit like rubbing alcohol.


No joke.

[kittygilchrist]

Ok I don't know anything about this mysterious odor, but I know the Bonifay area cuz I live here, on Destin course. The strongest odor I get here is when my boxer farts.

[CycleChic]

I made a trip west on 466a yesterday around 10:00am and back east around 3:00pm....at both times numerous sprinklers were running and the smell was awful. The question of the day for me is why do we run sprinklers in the middle of the day? Reclaimed water or not, this is a waste of both water & electricity, AND it was raining on my return trip! I owned a home in Lake County and we were not permitted to operate our sprinklers between 10am and 5pm....reason given was that during the heat of the day, the water evaporates before it has time to absorb into the ground. I guess the water in the Villages is "fast absorbing"...ha!

[graciegirl]

I made a trip west on 466a yesterday around 10:00am and back east around 3:00pm....at both times numerous sprinklers were running and the smell was awful. The question of the day for me is why do we run sprinklers in the middle of the day? Reclaimed water or not, this is a waste of both water & electricity, AND it was raining on my return trip! I owned a home in Lake County and we were not permitted to operate our sprinklers between 10am and 5pm....reason given was that during the heat of the day, the water evaporates before it has time to absorb into the ground. I guess the water in the Villages is "fast absorbing"...ha!

Sometimes sprinklers are run in the common areas around here...even when it is raining and it is simply a form or flood control and keeping the water levels in the ponds from overflowing.

[golf2140]

I played golf yesterday on Evans with two old farm boys. They both said that it was fertilizer.

[skyc6]

I played golf yesterday on Evans with two old farm boys. They both said that it was fertilizer.

I am SOOO SORRY I asked the question in the first place!! ☺
The smell was definitely different from the fertilizer smelland it was gone by late morning the next day. I think it was a sewer plant and it was worse than the fertilizer smell, but thankfully short lived. I know the sprinkler smell and the fertilizer smell and this was not either.
THE NOSE KNOWS!

[CFrance]

I am SOOO SORRY I asked the question in the first place!! ☺
The smell was definitely different from the fertilizer smelland it was gone by late morning the next day. I think it was a sewer plant and it was worse than the fertilizer smell, but thankfully short lived. I know the sprinkler smell and the fertilizer smell and this was not either.
THE NOSE KNOWS!

Yeah, but if you hadn't asked the question, we would have missed 11 pages of debate, which we loooooooooove to do!

[Barefoot]

Yeah, but if you hadn't asked the question, we would have missed 11 pages of debate, which we loooooooooove to do!

Debates, unfounded speculation, passing on rumors, arguing about which restaurants have good food and whether vegetarians have a better quality of life .... it keeps us involved and communicating. :D. Those of us who are addicted to TOTV love fresh new topics! :024:

[graciegirl]

Debates, unfounded speculation, passing on rumors, arguing about which restaurants have good food and whether vegetarians have a better quality of life .... it keeps us involved and communicating. :D. Those of us who are addicted to TOTV love fresh new topics! :024:

Ain't it just the truth.

[NIPAS K-9]

bet its the sprinklers when we first moved in the smell was yuck..but as time went on it gets better.

Another reason why not to live a golf course, besides the pesticides and early lawn mowing...........:grumpy:

[NIPAS K-9]

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:You couldn't be more wrong.There is quite a difference in human waste and dead fish. I continue to post that I was part of a group playing golf in that horrible smell. The fairways were covered in fine pellet size dark material. That particular day the humidity was 100% when we started the round of golf. The humidity was what caused the smell to be released from the substance being applied as fertilizer. IT WAS NOT FISH KILL !!!! On some of the holes there was no water within a half mile, but the smell was just as strong as every other location. Do you really think the golf division or the Daily Sun would admit that we Villagers were playing golf atop human waste ??? If you do, then I have a snow plow here in Florida I would like to sell you.