The owner of a business in Saskatoon’s Marquis Industrial area says the toxic gas from a malfunctioning city sewage facility has reduced the value of his building to zero.

Derek Hanneson, who owns Hanneson Construction Inc. on Kinnear Avenue, said he has invested his life savings into purchasing the building.

Hanneson spoke at Tuesday’s environment, utilities and community services committee meeting about the dump station located at the intersection of Arthur Rose Avenue and Wanuskewin Road.

He said the H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas being released there is potentially harmful in high concentrations.

“It becomes catastrophic because our building becomes worthless,” Hanneson told the committee. “Every 10, 15, 20 minutes, H2S gas [that] smells like rotten eggs and beyond, to the point where

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