Residents express concern over broken BWS sewer pipe
Residents in the Escalante Area of San Pedro Town have expressed concerns over a broken sewer pipe managed by Belize Water Services Limited. Residents are complaining that since Sunday November 10th, the community sewer waste has been pouring out into the street, exposing them to excrement, bad smells and a definite health risk. Also joining the residents in expressing concern was Consolidated Water Belize Limited. “Evidently there was/has been a sewage leak, starting in the Escalante Area and bubbling up onto the street adjacent to the Sugar Caye entrance for days. It may have been finally stopped yesterday (Tuesday November 12th). Unbelievably, I was not informed by anyone and learned through the rumor mill. This river of e-coli discharged into the lagoon within yards of the wells used to supply the Island’s drinking water. Fortunately, bacteria cannot survive our treatment process unless something goes wrong, and nothing went wrong. Hundreds of people, (including school children), walked, bicycled and drove open golf carts through this river of e-coli unknowingly. This is unacceptable,” said a letter from Dee Dillon, General Manager of Consolidated Water Belize Limited.