Why does tuscaloosa smell

Email the author. Not because of the red and white, or because of The University of Alabama campus. Nope, it was because of the smell. The smell was courtesy of the local paper mill, a paper mill that employed hundreds from the Tuscaloosa and Northport area. But it had a bad habit of putting out a rather disgusting odor. Its smell was described as what one would think the inside of a sewer would smell, or of rotting flesh.

Many travelers unaware of this problem would suddenly check the baby's diaper as they neared the Alberta City exit. On predawn August mornings, the fog that often forms would mix with this smell and intensify its effect. This smelly fog, or foggy smell, hung in the air as thick as soup.

There were times I would wake to the thick, stinky vapor hanging in the air of my room. It got in your clothes and stayed there. It would cling to the bed sheets so you could smell it as you drifted off to sleep.

It even seemed to get in the food you ate and water you drank. It was horrible. These foggy mornings would coincide with the times the Alabama football team would be coming out on to Thomas Field for pre-season practice. Going through the tunnel on these mornings was a pleasure, for it seemed it was the only place without the soupy fog.

It made you want to stay in the tunnel, and often players would be seen just standing around in there waiting for the last possible moment to go out onto the field. You will need your account number and customer ID to utilize this service. These forms should be completed with all attachments required, signed and returned to ubcontact tuscaloosa. Bid Postings. City Council. City News. Municipal Court.

Pay My Water Bill. Start a Business. Things to Do. Tuscaloosa Work With Us. Executive Order extending the water, sewer, and solid waste collection grace period and suspending disconnections has expired. Learn More. There's a strong chlorine smell. That article indicated that the company stores liquid asphalt for road paving but creates the asphalt for shingles through a blowing technique, which bubbles air through liquid asphalt. A small facility, ADEM officials said in that Warrior Asphalt was not required by federal or state laws to use devices that would more thoroughly clean the air before being released, though the company had been blamed for a stench that hovers over Tuscaloosa at times, especially within the developed areas north of the Black Warrior River across from Holt.

These complaints reached a fever pitch last year, when a petition on Change. ADEM issued a new permit meeting all federal and state air emissions regulations to Warrior Asphalt on June 3, but the permit also calls for the company to install the afterburner to address potential odors.