In Reply to: effluent posted by sofe on Wednesday, 29. November 2006 at 20:05 Bali Time:
I have paddled in sewers a lot during my time with Melb Board of Works, I am naturally interested in sewerage disposal in Bali. The most I can find out is that the hotels along the beach front have a main sewer tank that is pumped into inductor trucks at regular intervals and taken to somewhere. There also seems to be many septic tanks in establishments along the beach and the overflow from them finds its way into the drains and hence the sea. The problem seems to be at its worst in the main drain that runs down Jalan 66 and onto the beach. The drain along the front of Tekor Bali smells like raw sewage to me. I think most third world countries are the same as there is a big capital cost to provide reticulated sewers and a proper treatment works. I once stopped in a hotel in Bangkok and the gutter outside the hotel smelt of raw sewerage, so I do not think Thailand is any better than Bali.
Loz