Water discolored

[goldilocks]

Well, I don't live there (yet), but I have observed fuel spills on the river as well as numerous dead fish. It is a fact that there is a sewage treatment plant up river and I would never swim in that "river come down" water. (In fact, even if the water appears crystal clear it could still be contaminated with any number of things.) River clean up and sewage plant monitoring are necessary. Is there any testing of the water that is ongoing? Heavy rains + high season tourists = more monitoring. run gone to do more research....

[Rob]

Well, I don't live there (yet), but I have observed fuel spills on the river as well as numerous dead fish. It is a fact that there is a sewage treatment plant up river and I would never swim in that "river come down" water. (In fact, even if the water appears crystal clear it could still be contaminated with any number of things.) River clean up and sewage plant monitoring are necessary. Is there any testing of the water that is ongoing? Heavy rains + high season tourists = more monitoring. run gone to do more research....

Goldilocks,

Mike D has already answered this - the link he posted explains that Negril's water treatment plant is equal to how water is treated in first world countries and there is no raw sewage in the river.

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.

[goldilocks]

Yes, I've read rjonsun's report in it's entirety, as well as researched other sources. I stand by my opinion.