MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If there's something smelly near five different locations on Tuesday morning, chances are that Memphians need not be alarmed.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) have stated that they will be performing "routine gas maintenance" and that an odor will be in the air as part of this work on Dec. 17.
The maintenance will take place at the following five locations:
- North Germantown Parkway and Chimneyrock Boulevard
- Seward Rd and George R James Rd
- Highway 269 and Highway 72
- Quince Rd and Wheel Cove
- Airways Boulevard and Stateline Road.
The routine work will likely start at around 8 a.m. at these places and will last two hours, the energy provider said.
The public may smell "mercaptan," a a colorless gas with a distinctive putrid smell, in the surrounding area. Mercaptan is reportedly the chemical odorant that MLGW typically adds to natural gas so that it can be easily detected.
MLGW said that residents and businesses in the maintenance areas may smell a strong odor — similar to that of a rotten egg — during the morning hours depending on wind and weather conditions. The smell may also come from an odorant truck.
