UPDATE: W&SD disputes claims of raw sewage at Village Cay!
Speaking with Virgin Islands News Online today, July 7, 2013 Charge Hand at the Department, Mr Dion Clarke said, “It’s not sewage that’s at Village Cay, we assessed that problem already. It’s grease.”
According to Clarke, the make up of sewage is ninety-percent liquid, therefore anything seen floating at the Village Cay dock would have meant someone had “just put it there actually into the water in order for it to be there; otherwise the sewage would dissolve.”
He further explained that grease has a hard appearance and may appear to be sewage.
Another source within the Department who wished to remain un-named referred this news site to the Acting Director of Water and Sewerage once more while stating that a site visit by the Department disproved claims that raw sewage was seen floating in the area.
Repeated efforts to contact the Acting Director of the Water and Sewerage Department, Mrs Perline Scatliffe-Leonard, proved unsuccessful up to post time.
See previous story posted July 3, 2013:
Outrage over raw sewage at Village Cay dock
- issue said to be a regular occurrence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several observers expressed outrage and disgust as raw sewage was discovered floating near the Village Cay ‘C’ dock just after noon today, July 3, 2013.
Observers complained bitterly of the stench and unsanitary state of the location, especially given the fact that a popular restaurant was located nearby.
This news site was alerted to the discovery by several concerned citizens who stated that children frequented the area to fish and it was also a popular location where tourists came to dock their boats.
One observer said it was the first time he had seen the sewage but he was told by another person that it was a regular occurrence. The observer said, “They have children down here fishing every day, and after school is finished they come down here in their school clothes and they are fishing… when they throw their line in the water, they got to pull it up with their hands.”
One of the men at the location said he contacted the media out of frustration since, according to him, claims had been repeatedly made that the sewerage problem in Road Town had been fixed but this was clearly not the case.
It is remains unclear, however, whether the sewage originated ashore or from yachts docked nearby.
Several calls by this news site to the Water and Sewerage Department for comment on the issue went unanswered as we were advised that lines were down at the moment. Director of the Department, Perline Scatliffe-Leonard also could not be reached by phone.
Attempts to reach Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool also proved unsuccessful.
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35 Responses to “UPDATE: W&SD disputes claims of raw sewage at Village Cay!”
Same result as when you Step in $h1t. It will follow you around.....
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I blame Dr.Smith and his political gang for this. he should not have allowed the district rep to turn the sewerage into the gut by supa value. The sewwerage in road town is far fom fixed. everyday that geological mess runs in the gut. pliticians lie,lie,lie. At any rate, the beloved youths and the coveted tourist are reading and seeing this. Thes politicians forget they only get elected one time at a time. beware the polls turn the tide ur collective b*tts.
You must realise that Roadtown has easterly winds that blow into the bay.Also all the boats at the dock blow out their $h1t into the water.Add to this all the ghuts and sewage of roadtown ends up here.Village Cay is a nightmare of collectables in the water,top notch stink marina.The ghuts stink,the outfall at just below Prospect Reef is an environmental eyesore of pure sewage flowing down the coast to Nanny Cay. There are no grey water sewage plants here like in most civilised countries. I know this. I have sailed through it, $h1t makes the water calm ya know...Some thing serious needs to be done.$h1t everywhere ina so called civilised place.Cheese on rancid bread folks,this is a calamity,of the most profanity,SHI@.Will we do anything ? I guess they trying,tough though,shi@ taking over bro..lets clean up our act before airport expansion,lets get ferries working,sewage going,education top notch,electricity sustainable,green house green,roads nice and clean,people proud yes then we ready,I say 15 years,thats 3 elections,,,,wowow,whose betting..in and out the profit makers go and let the country slow...by then marijauna tis cash crop in rest of world and all we got is magic mushrooms..hehe
NDP government wont let Biwater complete their project because they want to be making their 1.4 million dollars a year on the Baughers bay water Plant with Ocean Conversion operating it. And they wont allow Biwater to put in the sewage plant for Road Town that is why the sewage is still coming into Nanny Cay. And people like you here fraid to speak truth. You typical NDP Cow Bird.