MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If there's something smelly near the North Germantown Parkway and Chimneyrock Boulevard intersection on Tuesday morning, chances are that Memphians need not be alarmed.
Memphis Light Gas and Water (MLGW) have stated that they would be performing "routine gas maintenance" and that an odor will be in the air as part of this work. The same work will be conducted near the intersection of Seward Drive and Chulahoma Road on Thursday, Feb. 29.
The routine work will start at around 8:30 a.m. and could last two hours on both days, 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.
