Two force mains with strong waste loads delivered 300,000 gpd to the Mars Hill lift station in Watkinsville, Ga. The station lies near a church and retirement home. Neighborhood residents complained to Chris Thomas, director of the Oconee County Utility Department, about the odor.One 5-mile section of 6-inch force main serving many restaurants delivers hydrogen sulfide and mercaptan odors to the station. Waste from a bakery on a 3-mile section of 8-inch force main produces sweet alcohol. The odor was so complicated that Thomas called in experts to treat it.“We tried everything they recommended, from hydrogen peroxide and chlorine to
