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VOL. 8e Cheese smell going Plant improvements aimed at stopping stink . TED HOLZ going to take the whey as of the first Of The Manteca Bulfetin of July." July 1 is the deadline that the Call-: f6tfiia Regional Water Quality Con-: After years of obnoxious smells trol Board Set last year for the eradi- and the scores of complaints,neigh- cation or the smell. DeGroot said hors pC ,Ire Altport Way cheese that with the new equipment that is relistew}�ter lord maa nY `tis-good aS done, as Elie finishing relief. tnuehOJ have jimt bean entnpleted an The offending pond, which has the project. caused a stench sometimes wafting "As far as we're concerned, the for miles, will no longer be the problem is gone," he said. dumping site for whey from the If so, unmitigated joy will be the cheese plant across the road. response of area residents,who have Whey is a byproduct of cheese put tip with the nostril-searing odor's production that has been determined from the pond for years. to be the cause of the repugnant "It's so putrid it makes you Slek," smell. The disposal facilities of the said nearby Lathrop Road resident cheese plant have been fitted with Mary Clark. "We can't even enjoy equili"ir ubrit that will eliminate whey our back yards." from the waste,which is discharged She said that when the smell is through a pipe under Airport Way especially bad she notices an into the pond, said Jerry DeGroot, increase in headaches and sore owner of the pond. throats. The whey will now be collected, DeGroot said Suprema has cut heat-treated to stop the development back cheese production to less than of culture and then transpofled to one-half of last year's amount, dairies for use as cattle feed, which has decreased the intensity of DeGroot estimated that the equip- the odor. ment has cost the Suprema Cheese Joseph Henao of the Water Qual- Company $150,000 to $200,000. ity Control Board said he still has The plant was formerly rum by A&J been receiving complaints about the Foods, and before that by DeGtoot, smbli. who still owns the property. But irau goes as planned,those in "I gave them the options either to the vicinity of Airport Way and evacuateor to install equipmentor to Lathrop Road will be breathing a do whatever had to be done," little easler,this year at their back- DeGroot said."We flat out were not yard Fourth-or-July barbecues.