{"id":2227,"date":"2016-10-11T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/10\/11\/putlucht-bij-de-ingang-van-de-campus-blijft-mysterie\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:00:56","slug":"putlucht-bij-de-ingang-van-de-campus-blijft-mysterie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/10\/11\/putlucht-bij-de-ingang-van-de-campus-blijft-mysterie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewage odour near campus entrance remains a mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There has been a foul odour in the air for a number of weeks now near the intersection of the Burgemeester Oudlaan and the Abraham van Rijckevorselweg. At this time the source of this odour still hasn\u2019t been determined.<\/p>\n

According to students passing through this area, the smell resembles that of \u2018manure\u2019 or \u2018a stinking sanitary block\u2019 or \u2018sewage\u2019. The Municipality of Rotterdam insists that construction further up the street on the Burgemeester Oudlaan is not the cause of the problem.<\/p>\n

19 year old student Alex Zalivin detects the smell almost daily; sometimes it\u2019s strong and sometimes it\u2019s not as pervasive. \u201cI think the smell is more noticeable when it rains\u201d, says Zalavin. Dublin native Adam Dunne (20) often walks by this location on his way to lectures and tutorials. He smells it too. \u201cIt reminds me of an old sewer.\u201d He\u2019s noticed the smell since the first day of classes in September. \u201cI always thought it had something to do with construction work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foul odour not linked to work on the Burgemeester Oudlaan<\/h3>

Sjoerd Ennenga, the municipality\u2019s contact person for the construction project on the Burgemeester Oudlaan denies this. He says the smell has nothing to do with the construction work. The municipality is not working on the sewers in the area where the smell is prevalent: the tram turning loop. The tramline\u2019s electricity substation is being relocated to make room for student housing.<\/p>\n

Further up on the \u2019s Gravenweg the municipality is carrying out work on the sewers, but these works have nothing to do with foul odours. A leak in the sewage system resulted in groundwater entering the sewers. This leak is being repaired. The municipality stated that it wasn\u2019t aware of any sewage odour. We\u2019ll note it in a report so we can deal with the problem\u201d, said a municipality of Rotterdam employee.<\/p>\n\n\t

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