awful smell in the village of Charlotte
 

Anybody living in the village of Charlotte know the cause of the sulfer smelling odor?

many of the ponds for what ever reason are giving off a "stink". It is most likely due to water levels being high all summer and now receding with the less frequent rain and there is a lot of vegetation water rotting....for one reason.

btk

First time I got a whiff of that sulphur smell, I was watching and waiting for a volcanic eruption....;). Seems to happen with the ponds as billy said.

from a site called lakewoodranchgov.org about manmade ponds...

Why does my pond smell?
o The bad odor you notice typically comes from one of these three sources: rotting organic
matter, water turnover or certain types of algae. Ponds with stagnant, poorly oxygenated
water develop into temperature layers. Decaying organic matter settles on the bottom of the
pond where there is little oxygen thus slowing the break down process and producing odor.
Windy cooler weather or heavy rainstorms can cause a pond to mix, which brings the bad
water to the surface. This most commonly occurs right after our first cold front but can also
occur throughout the warmer months of summer and fall. Finally, certain kinds of algae such
as cyanobacteria or chara algae can emit a musty, earthy odor.

My irrigation water smells like a big open sewer!

It was coming from a janitor on break applying natural medication by combustion. :icon_wink:

This odor can be eliminated by the use of ferrous sulfate. The iron sulfate converts the hydrogen sulfide (sulfur smell) to iron sulfide which is inert and odorless.

This was discussed a little while ago.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...outside-84495/

Apparently some people find it funny (I don't), when I say that my dogs are no longer allowed on neighborhood lawns I'm not kidding.

Do your own research, google health risks associated with this and then continue to make jokes.

Exactly what would you google?
There is zero untreated sewage used for irrigation. The irrigation water is recycled storm water which is collected in the ponds. The amount of H2S in the water is extremely low. The human nose can detect H2S in quantities far less than toxic levels.

Your dog is far more at risk from severe burns on its feet from walking on hot pavement than from the residue of irrigation waters in The Villages. Special attention should be paid to lawns that have been freshly sprayed with fertilizer and pesticides, but most reputable lawncare companies put a sign in the yard informing all of the recent application.

For starters I googled "dried sludge" then "dried sludge health risk".

I'm not overly concerned about the smell of hydrogen sulfide, I am concerned that the drying process doesn't always kill staph and strep. I'm also concerned that it can contain heavy metals.

If the irrigation water is recycled storm water from the "ponds", would it not contain bacteria from the initial application of this "fertilizer"? I guess we can also add all the runoff from what the lawncare people put down.

I'm not so sure that your statement that no untreated sewage is used for irrigation is true, I have heard different answers on that one.

My dogs are not walking on the hot pavement. I just don't run my sprinkler in the back. (I'm sure a lot of the pee/poop debaters on here are happy to hear this-LOL)

Apparently I'm the only person concerned about this, I guess it's another one of those cultural things.