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November 8, 2024 <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />7357-013acp <br /> printed on recycled paper <br />56 <br /> <br />The off-site improvement site on APN 946-4634-002 will house both the <br />sewer treatment plant and the Senior East County Lakes Project. Sewage and <br />wastewater treatment plants are widely known to generate noxious odors and can <br />release potentially unhealthful chemicals, such as hydrogen sulfide.57 The East Bay <br />Municipal Utilities District (“EBMUD”) acknowledges on its “What’s that Smell?” <br />webpage that “Due to the nature of wastewater, unpleasant odors can be produced <br />at working wastewater treatment plants under certain circumstances.”58 Studies <br />show that living close to a municipal wastewater treatment plant can result in <br />adverse respiratory and health effects.59 Hydrogen sulfide and sewage-like odors <br /> <br />56 Exhibit C. <br />57 National Library of Medicine, Wastewater Treatment Plants as a Source of Malodorous Substances <br />Hazardous to Health, available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10093992/ (visited <br />9/10/24). <br />58 EBMUD, What’s that Smell?, available at https://www.ebmud.com/wastewater/collection- <br />treatment/whats-smell (visited 9/10/24). <br />59 Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Impact on the Quality of Life When Living Close to a <br />Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant, available at <br />https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2016/8467023 (visited 9/10/24).