The stench wafting from a nearby sewage treatment plant has plagued the community for years and many residents say the last few weeks have been particularly stinky. Sewage upgrade hits snagOther residents of New Minas have registered their disgust on the village's Facebook page in recent weeks, urging local leaders to do something. The regional plant in New Minas is the municipality's largest, and services Kentville, New Minas, Coldbrook, Greenwich and several private industries. - Scott Quinn, Municipality of the County of KingsQuinn said the issue is "some heavy biological loading" from companies that use the plant. The plan now is to start desludging the smelliest area of the plant in the next two or three weeks, Quinn said.

Source: CBC News June 09, 2021 18:11 UTC