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Tommy A
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That smell in Loreto?
What’s the deal/ history of the sewage smell right before the marina when your heading north
I noticed a condo building that looks like it’s never been occupied there and I have to think it’s because of that
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That smell has been there for years and years. It also has been my suspicion that is why the condos have never sold.
Fortunately the smell has not made it's way into the Mission hotel at happy hour. They have powerful drinks so maybe I just don't notice the smell.
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Don Pisto
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bubbling up thru the manholes and flowing down the street....thats how you know you're in Loreto!
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JZ
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It was really blowing the other day and for the first time I could smell it at La Mision.
Does the city have any plans to fix the issue?
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Lee
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Town doesn't consider smell a problem. Similar problem in Pescadero. Open sewer at Tequila Road and Hgwy 19.
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4x4abc
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La Paz has several areas that stink to heaven
always have
Malecon after a rain is not funny
city claims no sewage runs into the bay
right
Harald Pietschmann
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JDCanuck
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Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  | La Paz has several areas that stink to heaven
always have
Malecon after a rain is not funny
city claims no sewage runs into the bay
right |
Certainly can't be helping the La Paz spread of air borne diseases. Masks really didn't help much either.
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No worries. The next heavy rain or hurricane will flush the system out for a month or so of pleasant air. 
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pacificobob
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This is Mexico. Lots of places smell of sewage. When I was a kid in California there were plenty of over flowing drain fields...before government
regulations required different specifications.
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BajaBlanca
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That smell can be overwhelming as you head into Loreto.
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JDCanuck
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LOL...and suddenly that signature of yours takes on an entirely new meaning.
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John Harper
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John
[Edited on 11-30-2021 by John Harper]
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Don Pisto
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"Along Loreto Bay, right in downtown Loreto, these “pump stations” (above) work to pump all of the human sewage back uphill towards the Loreto
wastewater treatment plant. While the pumping is mostly successful (except during big storm events), the smell emanating from the pump stations
plagues the waterfront. The Loreto government has tried various air circulation systems to get rid of the occasional smell of effluvia along the Bay,
but so far to no avail."
seems every beach community that has lift stations has this problem on either side of the border
https://waterkeeper.org/news/saving-loreto-bay/
[Edited on 11-30-2021 by Don Pisto]
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John Harper
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| Quote: Originally posted by Don Pisto | "Along Loreto Bay, right in downtown Loreto, these “pump stations” (above) work to pump all of the human sewage back uphill towards the Loreto
wastewater treatment plant. While the pumping is mostly successful (except during big storm events), the smell emanating from the pump stations
plagues the waterfront. The Loreto government has tried various air circulation systems to get rid of the occasional smell of effluvia along the Bay,
but so far to no avail."
seems every beach community that has lift stations has this problem on either side of the border
https://waterkeeper.org/news/saving-loreto-bay/
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There's one here just off 101 at the northern border of Leucadia, definitely smells of human waste most the time. OTOH, the treatment plant just off
I-5 north of there often smells like pool chlorine.
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scouter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide
Its every where folks its especially prevalent around sewage treatment plants and AD facilitys get used to it there building AD facilities all over
North America and its here to stay
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4x4abc
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well, the caca plant is right next to the cemetery in Loreto
and there is an open runoff that locals often complain about
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JDCanuck
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Yeah, this issue is definitely not one of those "quaint special situations" that draws us to the Baja. Perhaps avoiding the rainy season in the cities
is a good way to sidestep this one.
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pacificobob
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I find Mexico's seedy-ness part of it's charm
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Cancamo
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Ever been to CDMX? El Distrito Federal? Mexico?
Always odorous in places, but way better than in the past. Intolerable and widespread years ago.
At one time it was possible to get hepatitis just by breathing the air due to the air born fecal matter coming from the treatment fields adjacent to
the city. That has been remedied Gracias A Dios.
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bajaric
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Many small "micro filtration wetlands" where sewage is harmlessly degraded by the beneficial effects of sunlight, oxygen and filtration help to
preserve the pristine ocean waters offshore of Baja California.
[Edited on 12-3-2021 by bajaric]
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