One way to assess odour nuisance is to apply a survey to the area of influence of an activity that potentially impacts the surrounding community. Repeated surveys were carried out in neighbours of the waste water treatment plant at Chimbarongo, Chile, during the years 2017 and 2018, using the VDI3883/1 model questionnaire.
In parallel, an odour impact measurement was carried out by means of field inspection, using a simplified methodology of VDI3940/1. Odour hour frequencies were generally determined well below the German regulatory threshold of 10%, which was also supported by ex-ante odour dispersion modeling.
G. Schleenstein
ECOTEC INGENIERIA SPA, Santiago, Chile