Water discolored

[Mike_D]

Last year, rjonsun visited the Negril waste water treatment plant and wrote a trip report about it.

http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...ment-in-Negril

So, in Negril they treat waste water much the same way we do in our first-world countries. There is no raw sewage in the Negril river.

[captaind]

That's dated July 2012 and I was there at the time. I'm pretty sure they've fixed that

One morning next week I'm going to talk with fishermen I know and find out.

Just thinking about it........................It did that when I worked the beach so it ain't new......

[Lady Jane]

Thank you Rob for clearing that up. I would hate for newcomers to "think" that was sewage.

[Accompong]

Sounds to me like a whole bunch of tourists who spend a few days a year in Negril think they know more about this than someone who has lived there for a lot of years and who obviously has done his personal research.

Call it "Yellow Journalism" or "muckraking" (pun intended) doing Google searches for information and then posting old stories and links about a problem that occurred almost two years ago and likening it to something that occurred last week seems a little weak.

Like it has been said before, "Go to Negril once and be considered a 'Newbie' but go to Negril twice and consider oneself an 'Expert' and ready to know how tings agwaan"

Rob is trying to "clear up" (again pun intended) the rumors and misinformation and, as of yet, I see no credible evidence that this is anything other than what he stated. You can think and suppose and wonder all you want about this or any topic but "facts are facts" and I don't expect Rob, BnewB or anyone else to swim in the river or in the Caribbean sea near the effluent. And the fact that they don't does not mean that it is sewage they are trying to avoid.

Just my opinion.

Peace and Guidance

[Bluez]

I've been there when there are heavy rains and the darker water clears up the next day, I never saw it that dark though and it sure went far down the beach this time. I hope all the rains over and clear warm sunny skies from now on for everybody vacationing there now and very glad to hear its not sewage.

[Jaherring]

Plant breakdown??...lol. That is raw sewage. Plain and simple.

[Rob]

Plant breakdown??...lol. That is raw sewage. Plain and simple.

Sorry you are confused. The "plant breakdown" means plant material/foliage breakdown, not the water treatment plant. That is not raw sewage - it is just like tea leaves that produce the color of the tea. The water treatment plant is in full working condition thus there is no raw sewage. That is the plain and simple truth.

[Accompong]

I propose a solution to this back-and-forth "is it or isn't it" discussion.

How about if we all (at least those who care) put up a dollar and have a water testing kit purchased and have someone take a sample.

If it comes out to be "crap" - then post that as a fact.

If it comes out to be "pee" - then post that as a fact.

If it comes out (as Rob stated) - then let's post that result and call it a "fact" for all time to come.

You can Google "water test results for Negril River" which I just did and get nada, zip, nothing of consequence. But, in the meantime lets put it in the "things to do tomorrow" file drawer before we can actually fill in the blanks and solve this non-Agatha Christy worthy whodunit.

Just a piece of levity to brighten up you otherwise boring day spent on the computer.

Peace and Guidance

[kylake]

[B][FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=3][COLOR="#800080"]I propose a solution to this back-and-forth "is it or isn't it" discussion.

Testing and publicly posting. We must have been posting at almost the same time. But should this not be covered by someone besides the tourist, like Negril tourism or Jamaica tourism commissions?

[Eco]

Seeing that run off or whatever it was kept us out of the water. It was somewhat entertaining watching it move north while people got out of the water like a slow moving shark was coming toward them. Maybe tourists should be educated so they don't fear the runoff or dung.....