Outfall still flowing on a dry day, and it smells like sewage
Third dry-weather day in a row this outfall is running milky. Sampled from the footbridge with the pole: ammonia and E. coli both high. Can someone nearby collect a duplicate this week so we can send it to the city’s stormwater team?
Hourly readings from the public sidewalk, 10pm to 4am, with the meter calibrated before and after. The C-weighted level runs well above A-weighted opposite the cooling yard, which points to low-frequency hum. Log attached for anyone comparing against the ordinance limit.
Run 4 of 5 on the same loop, morning vs. evening, with a logger co-located against the county monitor last month. The PM2.5 rise lines up with the depot’s idling window. The chapter is putting NO₂ tubes along the fence for a month before taking it to council.