Why is there a weekly overflow of partially/non treated sewer waste overflowing the Centro , art and hotel zone in San Jose del Cabo ? The smell is
horrific and when it dries all the contaminated dust becomes airborne. Not sure how restaraunts stay in business. Any input ?BajaNaranja - 9-18-2024 at 09:53 AM
Hate to say it, but to me the bottom line =
Lack of governmental planning, infrastructure investment, and accountability.
Probably everywhere in Baja where there's been double-digit population growth over the past couple decades is facing these issues... SFandH - 9-18-2024 at 11:30 AM
Why is there a weekly overflow of partially/non treated sewer waste overflowing the Centro , art and hotel zone in San Jose del Cabo ?
Centro? Could be the oldest part of the sewer system. It's probably undersized for today's volume. Don't worry, they'll dig up the street and install
new pipes in February.
JDCanuck - 9-18-2024 at 12:39 PM
Sounds to me like the septic sewer and storm drains have become interconnected. Perhaps at residences as well as businesses. La Paz has the same
issues, but even without rains the septic is smelled in certain areas.AKgringo - 9-18-2024 at 03:24 PM
It also gets pretty fragrant in Loreto sometimes!SFandH - 9-18-2024 at 07:01 PM
The lowest part of the sewer system is along the bay front and the sewage treatment plant is uphill. Consequently there are stinky pump stations along
the bay front. If those pumps get swamped or stop working, it's a big problem, way beyond stinky. I've seen water coming up the manholes. tecatero - 9-19-2024 at 03:59 AM
Yes,,,manhole covers I’ve seen bubbling overflowing all thru out the area. The smell is horrible a few days a week. Rain or shine. There are
numerous restaurants in the path. Used to go to Organik, Claro fish, drinking time,,,, but no man’s, might explain a few stomach issues we had after
eating. Hope they fix it,, very bad for the seasonCancamo - 9-19-2024 at 12:15 PM
Not sure about nowadays, but Mexico City had a threat at one time to contract hepatitis through the air due to the airborne fecal matter during wind
events. The massive wastewater drying fields bordering the city are very noticeable when arriving/departing through the air.
The wastewater treatment plant in San Jose has never functioned properly, or kept up to capacity and always stunk going back to the 80's.
Ditto on the above reasons given. pacificobob - 9-19-2024 at 10:53 PM
Try to think of it as part of the charm of Mexico tecatero - 9-20-2024 at 05:55 AM
All the Canadians coming down that own 50% of the condos in that area are used to it. Watched hundreds of people walking last night thru piles of
contaminated dirt/mud run off mixed with poop,,,, even car that passes makes a huge plume of poop dust. Re name is typhoid avesurabi - 9-20-2024 at 09:56 AM
There's a stream in my town that people refer to as the Rio Hepatiti.JDCanuck - 9-20-2024 at 04:29 PM
It makes you wonder how the local population manages to survive and still be fairly healthy. Their immune systems must be awesome.
Locals in La Paz warned us off ever wading or swimming at the beach off the Malecon due to sewage being dumped to it. Always wondered why the beaches
were so empty.
Acquired immunity
AKgringo - 9-20-2024 at 05:09 PM
I grew up in northern CA gold country, where water for mining (and irrigation) was flowing in open ditches. The subdivision our house was in drew
untreated water from one of those ditches.
During the winter storms, the ditches sometimes were muddy water that my mom would fill jugs with and let the silt settle to the bottom before using
it. Over time, I suspect we acquired an immunity to some of the microbes that we were exposed to because on our two family road trips to Manzanillo
in 1957 and 59 we did not get the Tourista Trots that most of the Gringos and Canadians around us did!
