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I worked in a wastewater plant for a while.

The smell in the secondary tanks - aeration - is surprisingly inoffensive. The smell for the tertiary tanks can be even a little sweet smelling. In the digestion tanks it's pretty much odorless.

It depends on the input of course. I presume it's mostly food scraps and human waste. Nothing industrial.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_liquor_suspended_solids




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