Striving for innovation, spending millions, Stamford leaders ignored major problems

This is the first of two parts examining the Stamford sewage treatment plant's long history of problems, the financial implications for local residents and environmental consequences for the entire state. Part two appears here.

Stamford -- In the summer of 2010, residents in the Shippan neighborhood began complaining of strong, unpleasant smells wafting through their open windows and into their cars. They live near the city's marinas and just to the south of its sewage treatment plant.