More than one million gallons of untreated waste from residences in Pinewood Gardens and its outlying areas is estimated to be overflowing daily.<\/p>\n
The Tribune reports that Pinewood MP Byron Woodside admitted the spillage was a chronic problem for the Waste and Water Treatment Plant at Pigeon Plum Street. The plant has been inundated by the load from both Pinewood Gardens and Lynden Pindling Estates.<\/p>\n
Both subdivisions were developed by Franklyn Wilson’s Arawak Homes, a company that has shown poor judgement by building subdivisions on land unsuitable for such developments.<\/p>\n
The news article notes that Water and Sewerage employees worked throughout the weekend trying to contain the problem by capping a spewing valve, unclogging waste reservoirs and stemming the flow of raw sewage into the community.<\/p>\n
Residents complaint that the sewage has contaminated their water supply.<\/p>\n
The situation, which has been going on for some time, predates Mr Woodside’s election but the MP hopes to solve the problem once and for all.<\/p>\n
Mr Woodside told The Tribune that residents started to contact him concerning the nauseating odour that “emanated” from the area in December.<\/p>\n
One part of the solution would include drilling a new deep injection well, enclosed by a concrete wall, for the expansion and improvement of the sewage facility.<\/p>\n
The Water and Sewage Corporation was said to be in the tender process for the construction of a new disposable well. Contracts for the well, which will be 10 inches in diameter and 600ft deep, are expected to be awarded at the end of March.<\/p>\n
Mr Woodside said the property is owned by Arawak Homes Limited.<\/p>\n
“I’m concerned with the fact that on the site, and also the surrounding area, the property owned by Arawak Homes is being used for indiscriminate dumping,” Woodside said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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