Wastewater Treatment in Negril

[Aimbri]

Thanks for all RJ, Great info.

[Maryann]

Very interesting! Learned something new today.

[Reggae Roy]

You speak very effluently!!!! LOL. (I studied waste water treatment in college!!!)

[Flipadelphia26]

Wow. I now know, way more than I thought I would ever know about wastewater treatment. Live and learn!

[mud]

wow you really know your ship,thanx

[NRV]

Thanks for the information. I do have a question that you may be able to answer. While walking the beach, there was a STRONG odor of sewer gas around Roots Bamboo & Aqua area everyday. Also similar smell near Country Country. I couldn't see any sewer pipes. Where would this be coming from? It was disturbing, as I would have been extremely disappointed to stay near those places & smell that all day long. We had 1 big rainstorm one evening, so I don't think it was "run-off".

[Rob]

The discussion that rjonsun referenced in his original post in this thread started with a comment that I made back when Sandy visited our shores and explains that "wonderful" aroma... It has nothing to do with the sewer pipes which explains why you didnt see them. Here was the original paragraph I posted:

"Every now and then a combination of sea conditions bring on the cleansing of our Caribbean Sea of lots seaweed. This occurred once again last month when Hurricane Sandy passed over the island. Many pics of the seaweed have been posted on various trip reports here on our Negril Message Board. And as anyone who lives by the sea knows all too well, seaweed begins to create a rather vigorous aroma as it decays."

What you were sensing was the rotting seaweed that had been buried in the sand and then uncovered by the sea waves. And when seaweed decays - you now know exactly what it smells like!

Nature at work.... (grin)

[NRV]

The discussion that rjonsun referenced in his original post in this thread started with a comment that I made back when Sandy visited our shores and explains that "wonderful" aroma... It has nothing to do with the sewer pipes which explains why you didnt see them. Here was the original paragraph I posted:

"Every now and then a combination of sea conditions bring on the cleansing of our Caribbean Sea of lots seaweed. This occurred once again last month when Hurricane Sandy passed over the island. Many pics of the seaweed have been posted on various trip reports here on our Negril Message Board. And as anyone who lives by the sea knows all too well, seaweed begins to create a rather vigorous aroma as it decays."

What you were sensing was the rotting seaweed that had been buried in the sand and then uncovered by the sea waves. And when seaweed decays - you now know exactly what it smells like!

Nature at work.... (grin)

Thanks Rob! Makes sense, as I know from past pics of the huge amounts of seaweed that were buried . The beach was clean & water clear. I said to my husband that it seemed to be coming from the sand!

[rjonsun]

The pump stations in Negril that I have seen are on the morass side of the road or on the far side of the road in the cliffs area. The pump station doors are often left open and I can always tell when I am near one from the odor. I doubt that the smell would ever make it over to the beach area. If it was near my house I would insist that either the doors be kept closed (which would help but not eliminate the smell) or better yet hang a bag of hocky puck sized chunks of pool chlorine tablets in the wet well. Next trip I'' try to get a few photos of the pump stations or transfer stations as they may be called in Jamaica. I belive ther are about 14 pump stations in and around Negril.

Regards,

Bob

[Rastaron]

awsome and informative. we too last feb and again in late march noted a few occasions where the brown river water was entering the sea and traveling up the beach all the way past Rooms, being diluted along the way but very noticeable and disconcerning. i have heard many stories of what this might be from sewage to brown dirt runoff. it would be nice if someone local could perform the tests as suggested for rjonsun to analyze AND to have someone test the sea water down the beach when the "brown tide" is noted. many thanks rj for the details and education!