Four months later, odor issues still plaguing neighborhoods, little answers on solutions Few answers after four months of foul smell in Lancaster By Morgan Newell | April 29, 2021 at 7:11 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 8:08 PM YORK COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) -An anniversary no one is wanting to celebrate. It has been four months since South Carolinaâs Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) got the first few reports of the rotten egg smell in Lancaster and York counties. WBTV was the first to start investigating this story and since then there have been a lot of new developments. That includes South Carolinaâs governor getting involved with the smell.