After listening to the two Barbados Water Authority (BWA) officials (Nicole Austin of the Waste Water Unit and Joy-Ann Haigh Corporate Communication) on the Sunday talk show it prompted the blogmaster to have another listen to an earlier program of the 13 November 2017 with Patricia Inniss the manager of the Waste Water Division. It was evident that the Sunday program was rehearsed and scripted to deliver the message that the South Coast Sewage plant was being misused by consumers.
The following represents the blogmaster notes taken while having another listen to the 13 November 2017 talk show which featured Patricia Inniss the manager of the Waste Water Unit and a former DLP candidate.
Recording #1 (numbers represent the approximate time of the comment on the recording)
3:50ย ย – Inadequate management and maintenance
4:20ย ย – proper cleaning required of outfall lines (financial constraints)
4:55ย – better pipes for effluent required
5:24ย – screw lift pumps problematic (under repair at the time of the show), trash pumps problematic – these pumps are important toย ย the process of screening extraneous matter from entering the system
6:25ย – blockage detected in the sewage line between Graeme Hall Sanctuary and Republic Bank
Recording #2
1:40ย – Serious concerns expressed by Mr. Harris for years about the state of the sewage plant
2:51ย – Patricia Inniss authored a report detailing several issues which needed urgent attention by the BWA/government
5:58ย – sewage plant neglected due to financial constraints
6:17ย – a robust and sustained PR campaign recommended to educate Barbadians the use of the sewage plant
7:44ย – retiring employees read knowledge drain/transfer a challenge
9:00ย – waste water division regarded by the BWA as a ‘step-child’
10:48 – “An old system not maintained”
15:00 – Haigh points to capacity of the plant an issue which conflicts with the position of Andrew Hutchinson an engineer on a subsequent program.
17:00 – flow rates at the sewage plant were not being done before Innis assume the role of manager of the waste water unit
19:00 – a structure is now being implemented at he BWA to effectively deal with the issue
20:30 – no masterplan exist to manage waste water
23:00 – minister Estwick is fully apprised of the situation
35:00 – Ellis observes that the BWA owns a 50 million dollar building yet the sewage plant was starved of financial resources
Recording #3
6:50ย – Drains in the Massy, Lucky Horse Shoe areas not cleared for years by the Drainage Unit, have become swamps
19:00 – there is a lack of maintenance of the grid chambers in Bridgetown (a potential next problem)
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