By Jake Richter - NetTech on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 8:39 pm: |
Some of you may know that local environmental efforts, along with the Bonaire government, with support from the European Union are looking to put real waste water (okay, sewage) processing facilities on Bonaire to help reduce/prevent any excess nutrients from getting into the ecosystem. This effort seems to be moving along, finally.
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By Meryl Virga on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 12:10 am: |
I always wondered where the waste went on Bonaire..I have noticed that some of the resorts plants smelled a little funny when the gardeners where watering them...It must be hard to have good drainage in your septic system (do you have a septic system?) The ground seems so hard that I can't imagine it would absorb much....Can the waste once processed through this new system be used for irrigation? I know that there were stories that some developers were trying to get a golf course started...(you know near Artys world..that is going to be built in 1998?) Could this be the answer to that problem?
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By Josie on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 12:24 am: |
Thanks for passing that on Jake. Kudos to Jack Chalk and Habitat. It would be great to see other resorts implement this or something similar, on Bonaire and other locations.
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By Andy Keely on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 3:48 am: |
That's really good stuff, Jake!
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By Dave Scott on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 9:20 am: |
Well that’s really not new at all, but I applaud any effort to keep the tur*s off the reef. However I hope this solution doesn't impede the much needed septic system the island needs so badly. Hope Bon can learn from the FL Keys, the golden goose almost got choked to death before the bullet was bitten, and the bucks allocated to start to build a pressurized system.
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 10:00 am: |
The gold course which was to be part of Arty's World was to be miniature golf - a much more conservative user of water than a real turf and sod golf course.
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By Linda Richter - NetTech on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 11:12 am: |
Actually Bonaire has received grant money for the development of a waste treatment system. The first implementation I believe is to be in the Hato area where a majority of the hotels are. Various government departments are working on their portion of the plans. I haven't heard any deadlines but the signs are good that it is in the works.
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By Cecil Berry on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 11:13 am: |
Jake, I saw the same thing and posted a link in the cam section. Two great minds deal.
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By Meryl Virga on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 1:41 pm: |
So once the septic tank is pumped out, where does the waste go now? I am also a non golfer and have heard that the amount of water AND pesticides it takes to upkeep a course is very large. I can't even imagine that Bonaire would think of building one when runoff would infringe on its reefs. Now if we can get them to take down the Arty's world sign!
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By Dave Scott on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 1:42 pm: |
Jake - septic tank pumpout truck
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By Glen Reem on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 2:12 pm: |
Most miniature golf courses I have seen have little or no real, growing grass--too many feet for grass to last.
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By Jack Chalk on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 11:25 am: |
Dear All,
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By Dave Scott on Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 7:40 am: |
Good luck Jack, hope it sells.
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By Meryl Virga on Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 6:32 pm: |
I was afraid you were gonna say that! Glad while driving around the island I have never seen anyone dumping....(by the way...Andy is looking for you! )
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By Philip Wansley on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 7:00 pm: |
Congratulations to you Jack and also to Habitat for your efforts in dealing with proper waste management. As posted above I've also wondered what happens to our waste when we flush on Bonaire, I mean I knew there were holding tanks and the grey water was used for irrigation, but what happened to the pumpout. In my five visits I haven't seen very much in waste water treatment arena, and it's great news that proper steps are being implimented. I have hoped that the same kind of thing that was happening in the Fla. Keys with injection wells and seepage was not going to happen on Bonaire.
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By Meryl Virga on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 11:59 pm: |
One more "Wow" for me...I still visualized waste being "pumped" out to sea...can't believe they just dump it so close to the shore? If this is done on the west coast? Not sure that is the only place..but doesn't that effect Lac bay..which is very Low tide?
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