Beetham Gardens residents staged another peaceful protest today, along the highway, to highlight sewer issues in the area.
This, despite assurances from the Water and Sewerage Authority that the issue affecting residents on 24th Street had been dealt with.
According to a statement issued by WASA today, the sewer overflows were being caused by the removal of sewer line end caps, and the problem was 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 explained in its release.
It added: “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.”
But Beetham Gardens residents say the issue has not been satisfactorily resolved, and they are calling for a Town Hall meeting with WASA, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), and their Member of Parliament Fitzgerald Hinds, to address the issue.