TOWN OF ADAMS, Wis. — A Wisconsin company that stores up to 2.8 million gallons of industrial waste water in open tanks is under fire from rural neighbors who say the smell sometimes gets bad enough to make them sick.
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Bytec operates open storage tanks with combined capacity of 2.8 million gallons of industrial waste water in Green County's town of Adams. Jim and Pam Scheider, whose farm is on the horizon, are among owners of seven properties suing over what they call "horrible putrid" odors. The company says they are exaggerating.
Jim and Pam Scheider say he has twice been overcome by fumes that sometimes waft onto their town of Adams farm from open tanks used by a Monroe company for storage of up to 2.8 million gallons of waste water.
A Bytec truck stops at one of the tanks where industrial waste water is stored in the town of Adams. The company maintains that it responds quickly to odor complaints.
Martha Ladwig says she and her husband moved to the Green County countryside to raise children in fresh air, but waste water odors too often force their six boys to play inside.
Dave Byrne, vice-president of Bytec Resource Management Inc. of Monroe, at right, exchanges sharp words with Jim Weber, left, and Jim Scheider, who are among the property owners who have sued the company.
Jim Weber, left, talks with Jim Scheider on Scheider's farm in Green County's town of Adams. Weber and Scheider are among seven property owners suing a Monroe company over odors from waste water storage tanks.
