HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-10-14, Page 9Walton residents have had
enough of the foul smell
from meat house
The owner of Bachert Meats is
spending thousands of dollars
removing the alleged smell coming from his
establishment
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
Three family members
shared concerns with
council of a foul odor
coming from a local meat -
processing manufacturer,
a stench they said is
worse than the smell of
death.
Tom Williamson, Neil
Williamson and Doris Wil-
liamson from Walton, Ont.
arrived at Seaforth's historic
town hall October 6 and
voiced to the members of
council the burden that has
been bothering them
since 2013.
They stated the waste
from deceased animals at
Bachert Meats is causing
an awful scent throughout
the neighbourhood. At the
delegation Williamson,
Tom and Doris spoke
about the specific nature of
their problems. The main
issue, according to them, is
the large cement tank,
which holds all the
company's waste, what
they believe, is causing the
foul smell. In the request
form given to council they
stated this is causing "de-
valuation of property
values."
"It's really the smell of
death, rotting smelling
death," Williamson
directed to the Expositor
outside council chambers.
"We had deer, wild tur-
keys, they all went away
and we had about 40-50
scavenger birds because
they could smell the
blood."
Doris, whose house is
approximately 800-900
feet away from the Bachert
Meats property, reported
the occurrence to the Min-
istry of the Environment
and Climate Change and
Lee Orphan, ministry
director in the southwest
region, responded with
feedback in a two-page
document.
The document stated: "At
the request of the Ministry
of the Environment and
Climate Change, Bachert
Meats has hired a nutrients
management consultant
certified under the Nutrient
Management Act to pre-
pare a Non -Agricultural
Sources plan for the wash
water. Bachert Meats has
also hired a company to
land apply the wash water
in accordance with the
approved NASM Plan."
Owner of Bachert
Meats, Marvin Bachert,
said he's spent thousands
of dollars on chemicals,
all in confidence to stop
the smell permanently.
He said he communicated
with other residents in the
area who have com-
plained about the odor in
the past. They told him
ever since he covered the
large cement contraption
with 15 large bails of straw
the smell has minimized
substantially.
"I'm actually heart bro-
ken there is an odor issue
and the neighbours are
upset," Bachert," said in a
phone conversation
October 8.
When originally building
the cement tank he had the
option of paying $80,000 or
$160,000 for a tank with a
cover. At the time Bachert
admitted he was not able to
afford the more expensive
tank.
"If I only would (have
known) there was going to
be an odor issue, I defi-
antly would have chose the
(tank with a cover)," Bach-
ert said.
To solve this matter the
Williamsons indicated the
most successful action,
which made the most sense,
would be for Bachert to
potentially transfer the liq-
uids elsewhere instead of
transporting the waste on
the property.
"Hauled to where, you
want to put it into a town
and try to make them treat
all this and try to make it into
clean water, that's ridiculous,
when the land and the crops
can use the nitrogen," added
Bachert.
The trio of frustrated
Huron County residents
concluded and said,
"there is a right way and a
wrong way. All we want is
a clean environment, we
don't want this stuff going
into the lake and polluting
it and creating more
algae."
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