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VOL.84 1_3 aJ1-P:z Cheese smell going a 'whey Plant improvements aimed at stopping stink TED HOLZ going tb take the whey as of the first Of The Manteca Bulletin of July. July 1 is the deadline that die Cali-. forhat Regional Water Quality Con After "years of obnoxious smells trol Board set hast year for the eradi- and the scores of complaints,neigh- cation of the smell. DeOrpot said bob rse f o,Airport- Way cheese that with the new equipment. that is r jiond may ea'iiy`fflfa'"'gq-good as done, a§ the finishing. relief. ''""""*'"" lducheshaveJdstbeen Cam pletedon The offending pond, which has the project. Icaused a stench sometimes waRlltg "As fat as we're concerned, the tot miles, will ab longer b0'the problem is gone," he said. dumping site fitr whey from the if so, unmitigated joy will be the cheese plant across the road. response of area residents,who have Whey is a byptdduct of cheese out up with the nosml-aei fing odoft production that has been determined from th6 pond for years. to be.the cause of the repugnant "it's go putrid it makes you L*kk" smell. The disposal facilities of the said nearby Lathrop Road r"ident cheese plant have been fitted with Mary Cleric. "We can't even enjoy equilMeht that will eliminate whey out back yards." from the waste,which is discharged ' She said that when the smell Is through a pipe undet Aitp6n Wa}t especially bad she notices ah into the pond, said Jerry DeGtoot, Increase in headaches and sore owner of the pond. thtaats. The whey will now be collected, DeGroot said Suprema has cut heat-treated to stop the dovefubfit back chlesb production to less than of culture and then huts' Ili one-half of last year's amount, dairies for use as cattle food, which has decreased the intensity of DeGroot estimated that the equip- the odds, ment has cost the Suprema Cheese 16"ll Henao of the Water Quai- Company $150,000 to $200,000, try Control Board said he still has The plant Was formerly run by A&J been receiving complaints about the Foods,and before that by DeOwDq`' smell. who still owns the property. But itall goes as planned,those in "I gave them the options either to the vicinity of Airport Way and evacuate or to install equipment or to Lathrop Road will be breathing a do whatever hadto be done," little easier this year at their back- DeGroot said."We flat out wend not yard Pd"-ot-July barbecues. '_ •— ---axa+.,a.y.yf #twi�►M' Ar'1w1} �