News, Press Releases - Monday, March 15, 2010 11:51 - 0 Comments

Man raises stink over Naperville sludge dump

In fact, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, because the city’s waste processing equipment is experiencing some “digesting” problems as it goes through upgrades, it smells worse than most.

And no one knows that more than Dave Patush, the neighbor whose nose is still reeling after 1,300 tons of Naperville sludge were dumped in a field near his Oswego home right before Christmas.

Even though the muck was retrieved 36 hours later, the IEPA hit the city of Naperville with a couple of violations. But Patush insists nothing about how this all went down smells right, including the fact Kendall County had no idea when and where sludge was being applied to its fields.

“They didn’t think it was a big deal, that it happens all the time,” he said of the feedback he received from the county. Full Press Release…