[MSGirl]

Friends are interested in purchasing in Hawkins but notice the waste facility. Are residents in Hawkins affected by that smell. Does it permeate through the village. How bad is it.

[Bay Kid]

If it smells now it will get worse in warm weather.

[Ritagoyer]

Depends on which way the wind is blowing, we have traveled in area with a golf cart and can smell it, I hate the thought of living in there and have to depend on the wind to sit outside

[MrFlorida]

Yes, it smells.

[Dana1963]

Why would anyone pay a premium price for real estate Knowing a waste treatment plant is in their backyard. Same issue with noise, buying close to a highway or industrial park.

[davem4616]

yes it is going to smell...that's why most communities place them on the outskirts

[Brwne]

Originally Posted by MSGirl

Friends are interested in purchasing in Hawkins but notice the waste facility. Are residents in Hawkins affected by that smell. Does it permeate through the village. How bad is it.

The facility between Hawkins and the Florida Turrnpike is a well water treatment facility - processing our drinking water not sewage. Both Fenney and McClure have had "smell" issues which emanated from sewage pump stations. The Villages augmented those pump stations with additional equipment and the smell is mostly gone.

[Fltpkr]

My understanding is same as Brwne's. Well water treatment, not waste. We drive by it sometimes on Meggison and can smell it. Not real strong but definitely noticeable sometimes, but not all the time. Someone who actually lives nearby, such as across Meggison from the facility, would be the best source of information and can probably provide a more specific response.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Brwne

The facility between Hawkins and the Florida Turrnpike is a well water treatment facility - processing our drinking water not sewage. Both Fenney and McClure have had "smell" issues which emanated from sewage pump stations. The Villages augmented those pump stations with additional equipment and the smell is mostly gone.

Mostly gone? Not completely gone, just mostly gone? In other words, still there, just not quite as strong???

May have to hire a crop duster to Fabreeze the area.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Mostly gone? Not completely gone, just mostly gone? In other words, still there, just not quite as strong???

May have to hire a crop duster to Fabreeze the area.

Not correct. The smell is gone, you can stand beside the lift station and not smell anything. Irrigation water is another story, that stuff stinks.

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Brwne

The facility between Hawkins and the Florida Turrnpike is a well water treatment facility - processing our drinking water not sewage. Both Fenney and McClure have had "smell" issues which emanated from sewage pump stations. The Villages augmented those pump stations with additional equipment and the smell is mostly gone.

This is correct, it is 2 wells and a million-gallon storage tank. You can pull the plans and see for yourself at the county permit website or the SWFWMD website. It is NOT wastewater.

There are several of these throughout The Villages.

[Rainger99]

I don’t know what it is but when you are driving by it on Meggison, it definitely smells like a sewer but only about 25% of the time. 75% of the time, there is no smell. Don’t know if that is because of wind or some other factor. The houses in Hawkins are very close to it so caveat emptor.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I don’t know what it is but when you are driving by it on Meggison, it definitely smells like a sewer but only about 25% of the time. 75% of the time, there is no smell. Don’t know if that is because of wind or some other factor. The houses in Hawkins are very close to it so caveat emptor.

Don't worry. You'll get used to it. (Maybe. Eventually?)
😤 😷 😔

[RICH1]

Originally Posted by MSGirl

Friends are interested in purchasing in Hawkins but notice the waste facility. Are residents in Hawkins affected by that smell. Does it permeate through the village. How bad is it.

That’s the smell of youth !

[jack.hunter00@yahoo.com]

If it doesn't now it will at some point