Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishThe longtime mystery of an unusual smell in Mount Dora, Florida, could soon be solved.The odor, which Mount Dora mayor James Homich described as ‘more industrial than sewer,’ has confused residents and travelers for many years.Residents have also reported the smell was the reason for various symptoms like headaches and trouble sleeping.’It’s horrific. It’s, like, just getting worse and worse,’ a resident said during a city council meeting last January via WESH.’It comes inside our home. It wakes us up in the night. We wake up with headaches, we cough,’ another resident revealed.Despite work the city has put in to remove the smell, it has shown no signs of fading.That all could change with a new odor evaluation study, which was funded by Mount Dora and Lake County. Florida officials began implementing tools and technologies to help decrease a mysterious smell in Mount Dora, Florida, in 2022The smell has made its way to other nearby cities over the last few years.’Depending on how windy it is, you’ll pick up the smell at different locations,’ Leslie Campione, Lake County commission chairwoman, told WESH last February.’I have gotten lots of complaints, lots of emails, lots of calls.’Mount Dora already installed a $500,000 carbon biofilter to a wastewater plant in 2022 and sent out hydrogen sulfide neutralization technology the following year.Residents were also anxiously waiting for the results in a 180-day study conducted in Mount Dora in 2024.They called the nauseating smell ‘gross’ and compare it to ‘rotten eggs’ during that time.The study, which was conducted by Kimley-Horn consulting firm, concluded that ‘wastewater and collections system’ was not the source of the odor.Unfortunately, the study did not come up with an explanation as to what is responsible for the memorable stench. An earlier study concluded that wastewater plants were not responsible for the stenchMount Dora and Lake County is looking to finally find answers with a $270,000 study announced in February.The 8 to 10-week study is being conducted by Halff Associates and V&A Consulting Engineers consulting firms.V&A also created an ‘Odor Investigation Team’ with the help of St Croix Sensory Inc.This team is doing field work and collecting data to find and potentially eliminate the smell’s source.Members are conducting the tests around Florida’s Sullivan Ranch and Stoneybrook neighborhoods, along with areas close to US 441 and State Road 46.’Sullivan Ranch is in Lake County, not Mount Dora, so they got on board with us as we really took the lead in trying to find the source,’ Homich told Tampa Bay Times.’Preliminary indications show that they’re narrowing down the source and it seems to be pointing in a certain direction, but any conclusion is premature.’While experts have yet to confirm the source of the stench, Campione suspects leftover materials in a landfill are the culprits. Mount Dora and Lake County have given $270,000 toward a study with hopes in finding and eliminating the odor stenchMount Dora’s mysterious smell has not been the only troubling odor in Florida.Residents of the Childs Park neighborhood in South St Petersburg have complained about an on-and-off stench around for decades.Locals have compared it to a gas leak, and that it makes their eyes burn.The state, along with several others, was also hit with a mysterious fog with a ‘chemical’ smell earlier this year.
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