Water and sewer officials in Peachtree City say they will keep trying to sniff out the origin of a foul odor at Bill Whitehouse's home in Interlochen.

"It stinks at my house," Whitehouse told the Water and Sewer Authority during its meeting Monday. He spoke at the WASA meeting to ask again for relief from smells he believes to be emanating from a nearby wastewater treatment plant.

WASA manager Larry Turner said that he personally, and numerous staff members, have been to the Whitehouse home repeatedly and have "not been able to detect an odor." Turner told The Citizen that after the meeting, he and authority member Ray Helton went to Whitehouse's residence but did not smell anything they thought to be a problem.

Whitehouse insisted that city workers had affirmed his claim and said he really needs a solution to the situation.

"I will continue to go over there," Turner said, "and to send someone in the evenings. We will keep working on it." He told the board that sometimes the origin of an odor is not at the place where it is detected, and sometimes the origins are hard to track.

"I don't know where it originates," Whitehouse said, "but I know where it's being relieved."

Authority members also discussed a capital improvements program of about $6 million that will improve Peachtree City's water and sewer system in the next year.

Turner reported that the construction contract for sewer work related to replacing pump station 1, near City Hall, has been awarded. More than $3.5 million of the new projects are "out for bids" at present, he said, and will be ready for authority action at the November meeting.

The capital plan includes extensive improvements at the Flat Creek, Line Creek and Rockway wastewater treatment plants; a better monitoring system; new pump station and force mains for Wynnmeade; corrections to places where stormwater may be getting into the system; vehicle replacements, and lab and sampling equipment.