New Orleans East reports rotten egg smell along the Dwyer Canal

For the past few months, New Orleans East residents have been dealing with a rotten egg smell creeping into their homes and backyards, with some saying it’s caused headaches and bloody noses.

The smell is coming from fecal matter leaking into the Dwyer Canal after a sewage pipe leak earlier this year.

“I just want clean water, fresh air. That’s all I ask for,” said Chadsidy Blackstone, New Orleans East resident, “This is a serious, this emergency, and I feel like they should be jumping on it immediately.”…

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