BajaNomad - That smell in Loreto?

That smell in Loreto?

Tommy A - 11-29-2021 at 06:15 PM

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

Howard - 11-29-2021 at 06:29 PM

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. :biggrin:

Don Pisto - 11-29-2021 at 06:42 PM

bubbling up thru the manholes and flowing down the street....thats how you know you're in Loreto!

JZ - 11-29-2021 at 07:39 PM

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?

Lee - 11-29-2021 at 08:40 PM

Town doesn't consider smell a problem. Similar problem in Pescadero. Open sewer at Tequila Road and Hgwy 19.

4x4abc - 11-29-2021 at 10:16 PM

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

JDCanuck - 11-30-2021 at 12:16 AM

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.

greengoes - 11-30-2021 at 04:39 AM

No worries. The next heavy rain or hurricane will flush the system out for a month or so of pleasant air.

pacificobob - 11-30-2021 at 06:52 AM

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.

BajaBlanca - 11-30-2021 at 08:41 AM

That smell can be overwhelming as you head into Loreto.

JDCanuck - 11-30-2021 at 08:44 AM

Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca

That smell can be overwhelming as you head into Loreto.

LOL...and suddenly that signature of yours takes on an entirely new meaning.

John Harper - 11-30-2021 at 08:59 AM

Quote: Originally posted by JDCanuck

Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca

That smell can be overwhelming as you head into Loreto.

LOL...and suddenly that signature of yours takes on an entirely new meaning.

John

[Edited on 11-30-2021 by John Harper]

Don Pisto - 11-30-2021 at 10:58 AM

"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]

John Harper - 11-30-2021 at 12:20 PM

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/

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.

John

scouter - 11-30-2021 at 04:58 PM

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

4x4abc - 11-30-2021 at 08:13 PM

Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca

That smell can be overwhelming as you head into Loreto.

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 - 12-1-2021 at 04:25 PM

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.

pacificobob - 12-3-2021 at 08:28 AM

I find Mexico's seedy-ness part of it's charm

Cancamo - 12-3-2021 at 08:40 AM

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.

bajaric - 12-3-2021 at 10:11 AM

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]

BajaTed - 12-3-2021 at 10:41 AM

Starting @ Los Gaviotas and heading south, there are numerous Poo Poo systems that sends the treated water into the ocean on the shoreline. @ Bajamar, the seaweed gets foamy sometimes, but the lobster guys have been coming there for decades with NO change in their patterns.