Water discolored

[Rob]

http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/nepa-...iver-pollution



Sooo ummm, yeah. I stick to believing it's sewage.

Of course you are entitled to believe what you want, but as Flip pointed out, this "news" is over two years old and had to do with several dozen fish that died off - it turned out to be a single accidental incident - which is why there was no further "news" because there was no "news" to this event.

[Rob]

I have seen it like that in 2010....no smell, looked like the river water to me.....

Exactly....

[Rob]

I keep hearing that it's sewage, is this true? Even if it was sewage, the sea is so big that I sure that it doesn't stick around for long.

No, it is not sewage. it the river water flowing into the sea, which is why is "floats" on top of the sea water which is heavier than fresh water. That is also why you (any human body) floats in sea water, and sinks in fresh water...

[Rob]

Yuck, who do you hear this from heater? I figured it was just tannic water from the breakdown of plants in the morass, what else is up river?

You are correct. It is the tannic water of the river caused by the breakdown of the plant life in the Great Morass. This is the same way that tea gets it color from tea leaves....

[Rob]

Looks like sewage to me. There's way too much of it to be run off.

Huh? It is river water. The river runs through the Great Morass.

[Rob]

i notice that no jamaicans swim in the ocean when this occurs . . . bnewb, do you swim while the water is in that condition?

Jamaican have and do swim in the sea when this occurs (the Caribbean is technically a "sea", not an "ocean"). I have swam it before - the darker layer is only on top of the heavier sea water due to the sea's salt content.

[Rob]

in nov. of 2012, i stayed at country country . . . that "sewage" hit that far down the beach . . . it smelled pure s h i t . . . smell lingered . . .

Please read my "To stop the unfounded rumors" thread I just reposted. I posted first back in November 2012 to address the exact experience you are relating again...

http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...863#post125863

[Rob]

I have friends staying at CCLP right now, they mentioned the water yesterday, but nothing about a horrendous smell. Said the water was as clear as can be today.

The reason they mentioned no smell is because there wasnt any. It was river water, not sewage, or as the best rumor we heard, an "oil spill from a tanker"..... gotta love the Negril Rumor Mill!

[Rob]

Noticed it at Llantrissant one evening when we were there in Dec. No smell, just discoloration, but looked nasty enough to not swim in it. Anyways we were told it was run off from the river due to rains. Whatever it was, the water was clear the next morning when I woke up.

Tiz,

You were informed correctly!

[Flipadelphia26]

I think I need to teach Rob how to use the multi-quote feature.

As an aside. A lot of the time the River is completely cut off from the sea, and there is a sand bar there. You would think, that if the river was a loaded with human feces as some people tend to believe... Crossing the bridge on the beach road to the roundabout would be a very unpleasant experience, and being in town would also be unpleasant.


Now, usually I am on my 7th or 8th bar by the time I make it down that far, and I might not notice the difference...