A privately operated municipal wastewater treatment facility was experiencing odor complaints from the residential subdivision surrounding the facility. In an effort to become a good neighbor to the community, the facility installed a water-based aerosol odor control system. Five surge and equalization tanks were contributing to the odor problem. Each tank was 25 feet in diameter and 16 feet height. The water-based system quickly became problematic with excessive maintenance and operation down times due to clogged nozzles, loss of prime on feed pumps and water leaks. In addition, the system used approximately 1,000,000 gallons of water over the course of a year at an operation cost of $12,000. An equipment distributor who was installing some new flow controls say the p

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