Lack of rain causes sewage stench

By Cara Sulieman

RESIDENTS kicking up a stink over the worsening pong from a city sewage works have been told it’s because there hasn’t been enough rain.

Locals have been cursed by the smell from the Seafield treatment plant in Edinburgh for years even giving its own name – the Seafield Stench.

The warmer than average summer has made it intolerable for the complaining community as the stink has gotten worse in recent weeks.

But all Scottish Water who own the site have been able to tell them is that it has been made worse because of a lack of rain to dilute the sewage.