Tanks herald end of Creux Mahie outfall
Saturday 15th May 2010, 2:29PM BST.
One of the two tanks installed yesterday is lowered into position. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 0969937)
Two 8.5-metre-deep tanks have been craned into position so that foul water can be pumped to the west coast and on to the long sea outfall at Belle Greve.
The original Creux Mahie facility was built in the 1960s and transfers sewage from western homes through a short sea outfall below the cliff.
Public Services minister Bernard Flouquet said, ‘Work at Creux Mahie marks the final phase of a five-year project to extend the sewerage network to the western parishes.’
The facility will include a control building and a smaller pumping station for Les Tielles and will cost £2m. to complete.
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Only 50 yrs to late!!
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Should keep pumping there. Good for the fish
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Lets all celebrate – no more raw sewage being pumped into the sea at Creux Mahie !
Oh no, hang on a sec, they are pumping it into the sea at Belle Greve instead.
Well that was money well spent.
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Is it possible for the department for sewage and suchlike works. to reveal how many other outlets there are for sewage,
Has the Fort-George been altered, the West coast, are there many more on the north South and West.
I think it is the duty of the ruling body to disclose all of the outlets; after all children and adults alike swim or have other pleasures from the sea.
Could these departments also say how the sewage from the Marinas are controlled.
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