MEMPHIS, Tenn — If there's something smelly near three different locations on Wednesday 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 May 29.
The places Memphians can expect this smell on Wednesday include near Highway 269 and Highway 72, near Airways Boulevard and Stateline Road and — finally — near Stateline Road and Holmes Road.
The routine work will likely start at around 8 a.m. at these places and could 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.
Depending on wind and weather conditions, MLGW said that residents and businesses in the vicinity could smell a strong odor — similar to that of a rotten egg — during the morning hours.