Work has been completed on the leak which has caused much distress to residents of Beetham Gardens in recent times, an advisory from the Water and Sewerage Authority has confirmed.
“Works to remedy overflows around 24th Street, Beetham Gardens are now complete and the area fully sanitized,” WASA reports.
According to the WASA advisory, indiscriminate dumping of garbage contributed to the misery experienced by the residents.
“In the process of pump down activity to reduce the overflows, investigations confirmed that this event was in fact caused by the removal of sewer line end caps,” WASA says, “and further exacerbated by indiscriminate dumping of garbage, oils and grease into the sewer system connected to the HDC building, located in the vicinity of 24th Street. The Authority’s wastewater team immediately removed the garbage—inclusive of oil and grease—and replaced the compromised sewer line.”
“This line replacement was done as a temporary measure to bypass the existing cleanout and mitigate the potential for overflow at this connection,” WASA explains. “Manholes upstream of the building sewers were inspected to confirm carrying capacity as a further mitigation measure. In addition to this, tankers will continue to be deployed daily to assist in preventing potential overflows.”
The Authority is urging all citizens to desist from disposing garbage, oils and grease into wastewater systems, “as this practice can compromise the sewer lines, bringing extreme discomfort to residents connected to these facilities.”