Ghut water forced way into new ESHS & flooded building– Hon de Castro
“I sympathize and empathize with the persons who have been affected… Of course, our schools at various levels have been affected but we’re just grateful for life,” she told Director of Communication Ms Karia J. Christopher of the Government Information Service today, October 4, 2023.
Cleanup started at ESHS
Speaking on the impacts of the storm on the New Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) building, Hon de Castro said while the school was initially flooded as shown in viral videos, the water has since receded, a testament to the preparation work and the clearing the Ghuts and drains for the hurricane season.
“Obviously I saw the videos… we were able to come along and have a look by the time we got there, the water had already receded which you know spoke volumes to the work that was done to assist in clearing some of the drains and the guts which ultimately helped,” she said.
Hon de Castro said specific to the new ESHS building, a significant amount of the water that came rushing through, was as a result of an overflowing Ghut at the back of the school.
Overflowing ghut cleaned
The Minister speaking to GIS said while the water brought a lot of mud which impacted some of the classrooms at the back of the building, teams were working to hastily remove the slush to prevent it from drying which would cause further challenges.
“And of course, right next door we have our major Ghut. That's really what caused the challenge... the water was really high and it forced its way over onto the campus, that Ghut has already been significantly cleaned,” she added.
Hon De Castro said with work underway, much clearing has already been accomplished while adding that a call was also put out by the ESHS Principal for persons to visit the school and assist with the clean-up works.
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31 Responses to “Ghut water forced way into new ESHS & flooded building– Hon de Castro”
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Outside of the scheduled periodic inspections, major ghuts and flood-prone areas should be inspected when a major rain event, ie, heavy rains, tropical storms, and hurricanes, etc, is appproaching. Moreover, ghuts should be inspected as soon as practical after the major rain event passes, and cleaned and repaired as needed. Second, ghuts outlet elevation should be higher than the elevation at the sea. If it is at a lower or at the same elevation, a hydraulic restriction can occur, especially at high tide, restricting flow. Third, a public education and outreach campaign should be launched on the problems ( flooding) that can result from dumping debris into ghuts, especially large bulky items. Fourth, major ghuts should be sized with the capacity to contain/carry the run-off from 100- year or whatever other return event the Public Works Director deemed appropriate or consistent with the national/territorial drainage master plan. Fifth, as runoff flows down stream, the volume increases and the ghuts sections, culverts and pipe diameters, etc downstream , especially close to the outfall may need to be larger than the upstream sections. I think ESHS may be near the down stream end of the Great Mountain Ghut. Finally, maintenance, maintenance, repair, repair, etc is prudent action and good insurance to mitigate potential flooding.
Town and Country Planning, Public Works/Engineering , Construction Inspection, Contractors, Project Managers, RDA, etc. must pay more attention to civil work, especially grading. I’m out……. ah yu do your damn work properly.
Johnson's ghut was cleaned as Hon. Walwyn said before Philippe, yet still the surrounding areas were flooded.
All we did was mess with natural waterways, and this what's happen (sadly)