Wastewater utility TransAqua plans to stop operating a sewage composting facility that’s been blamed for a pungent odour in Moncton’s north end.
Moncton-area wastewater utility’s facility had been blamed for north end smell
Shane Magee · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 27, 2026 3:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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TransAqua’s sewage composting facility covers a sprawling site in Moncton’s north end shown in 2022. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
Wastewater utility TransAqua plans to stop operating a sewage composting facility that’s been blamed for a pungent odour in Moncton’s north end.
TransAqua collects and treats sewage from Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview at a wastewater plant in Riverview. Sewage “biosolids” are trucked to a composting site off Delong Drive in Moncton and to a second location in the community of Five Rivers.
Complaints about a smell in Moncton’s north end led to council in 2024 voting in favour of a motion calling on the utility to either relocate or enclose the facility in a building.
Since then the utility has been studying options. TransAqua board chair Éric Arsenault told Moncton council Monday that a decision had been made which would be revealed within days.
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