Biggs,Originally Posted by Biggs of the week
This seems to be annual topic. Discussed in May of 2015 and May of 2016, this year's April discussion comes a few weeks early.
The upgrades to the water treatment plant you and I discussed last May have been completed, taking into account the new development at both Sansatori and Royalton.
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all I can say is that the water problem on the West End absolutely stinks where mi live.......
since December the water supply to our place on Ella Drive has been hit and miss.....mi sick of it
today there was an article regarding Negril's water problem........
NWC is saying it because of a drought in Hanover where the water comes from...geezzzz
however mi friends in Hanover saying dem getting rain?
back in 2012/2013 it was because of the pumps that needed replacing....
dunno who are the managers of the NWC are......but der a lot of room for improvement......true
Todays JamaicaObserver.com Article.......
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...-supply----NWC
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Last edited by Marko; 04-11-2017 at 03:26 PM.
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Water Wars coming soon! - there are answers to all technical issues, just may take a few more years to resolve them. Even Bob Marley said, 'Have no fear for atomic energy'!
Odinson,
Water wars coming soon is no joke!!! It is common knowledge in the US that large tracts of land with known aquifers beneath are being bought up as we speak. Those who own the water will control the world!! Think of the amount of money being made selling a plastic bottle of water for a couple of bucks.
As far as Jamaica goes and especially Negril the problem is two fold as Cap points out, the supply and the disposal. I am far from being a water engineer but obviously with all the development that has occurred in Negril the need for water and where and how to treat it has become a huge problem. Conservation comes to mind. Using as little water as possible while on vacation in Negril is a starting place. Sure you are on vacation spending big $$$ for accommodations some people feel entitled to using as much water as they want. I assume / hope that hotels encourage their guests to be frugal with their water usage as far as bathroom usage goes. The more you use the more to treat. But the bigger problem is the water supply. Hopefully Jamaica and all its Parishes have workable game plans in place.
Back in the 70's before the building boom were there even any water treatment facilities in Negril. As I recall there were few flush toilets and mostly outdoor cold water showers which leads me to believe there was mostly septic tanks and perhaps some direct discharge into the river or sea?? When were the treatment facilities built??
Last edited by johng; 04-22-2017 at 11:02 AM.
First thing I did when I returned in 2010 was to build a water supply/pumping system from our spring to the yard. 4,000 US well spent
Presently we are supplying washing water to four families in our neighborhood.
Cap
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Johng,
There were no viable water plants or treatment plants until the mid 90's. Anyone on the West End back then remembers the huge holes in the road for the water and sewage lines. Hard to miss a dozen 18 foot holes in the road. The construction nearly destroyed the businesses on the West End.
The small community in the 70's and 80's relied on the captured rain water, water trucks and the "wonderful" Elephant septic trucks to remove the waste water. All the water needed to be treated before consuming by boiling or by use of bleach. This situation would be beyond unacceptable today.
There is another water plant location available at Roaring River. Hopefully work will start soon to get this online.
A while back I wrote that Negril grew with little to no formal government planning. An article in today's Gleaner has the Minister of Tourism stating nearly the same thing. He promised this will no longer be the case.
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Good to know Rob. Thanks for keeping the record straight
yeah Bartlett was referring to poor planing of the water, sewer and electric in Negril from the get go back in the day....
now they are trying to play catch up but in Negril the demand is outstripping the supply of everything.....
don't understand what they were thinking when they granted building those hotel projects without the proper infrastructure in place....
all I can say is plan on seeing a lot of utility work going on in and around Negril in the years to come.....
sumthin that should have been done a dozen or two years ago.......oh well
Cool Runnings, Marko
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Only time will tell if the improvements can handle the expansion.I pray there are no more water shortages and the sewage can handle all the new toilets flushing.
Linston tells me that the water trucks are 10 deep in line at McBull's spring in Ketto. (my district)
Cap
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