katie neilson has more from richmond residents pointing the finger at neighbors that need to clean upit smells like raw sewage. even to the extent that when we leave the neighborhood sometimes our clothes, the sewage smell is clinging to our clothes. >> reporter: phillip has lived in point richmond for 30 years. his home is less than a mile from the city of richmond's waste water treatment plant and the chevron refinery. both, he says, creates some strange smells from time to time. >> it is actually not that uncommon. last week it was a particularly bad set of events. >> reporter: starting late in the evening on monday, december 4th, residents reported smelling an overwhesming sent of raw sewage and rotten eggs. they trace today back to the city treatment plant t. is run by . it is run by richmond. >> they did not respond to the city staff or myself for 30 hours. we had no clue what was going on. >> reporter: he represents the district around the plant and says there needs to be a more robust notification for residents when anything unusual happens at the treatment plants or oil refin

katie neilson took the tour. >> at the end of the tour they offer a sample from a similar plant in southerney are turning waste water into drinking water. yep. tastes like water. >> mmm >> well, there is a reason why they sent katie and not me. i would refuse. okay. let's talk about the natural water cycle while we are on the subject there is a lot of water falling from the sky. paul, we have seen a lot of rain. sounds like this next round is a little more to contend with, right? >> more on the way and the timing could be better. it has to lineup with the heaviest downpours from the morning commute adding up more rain on top of what has family en. tomorrow is a first alert day pause of the impact on the morning commute. the afternoon commute could be effected as well. adding up a lot of rain. over 5 inches and approaching 3 inches in richmond and almost that level in pacifica. even, coopertino you are in the rain shadows. picking up an inch and a quarter of rainfall. there is more rain rolling our way courtesy of this storm system. round 2 and heavier rain is on its way. in this system, eve