Juan Dolio - South Beach of the Caribbean !!!

[Dre Broeders]

No the bad smell are gasses from a swamp. Also it is marsh gas (methane)
You smell it when you drive from Juan Dolio to the new bridge over the river Higuamo on a part of 300 meters.
It is not from burning sugarcane. You smell it al the year.
I smell it already 14 years.

[mikey007]

i have a rather large yucatan and i will folllow its nose to find the smell :glas ses:

[mikey007]

if they are improving the sewage treatment process in juan dolio that would be a big plus for all residents i guess the smell is temporary and is only part of the growing process associated with juan dolio

[Dre Broeders]

I wonder myself already 14 years, where this smell is coming from.
Who knows it exactly?
I think it is from a swamp.

[STEVE G.]

Smells cash ... when a lot of $$$ made in the area smell represents '' the growing process associated with the new or old (?) juan dolio ''

[STEVE G.]

Juan Dolio / Villas Del Mar Construction Updates

[MommC]

Impossible to keep our balconey windows open some days/nights and the smell is definitely sewage.

For one I know our septic tanks (there's 2) need to be pumped out.
Second.....There are no 'working' sewage pipes DRCHRIS - just the ones that were buried that began and ended nowhere and aren't connected to anything including each other!!

There are a lot of ppl in the area at present and I'm sure ours isn't the only septic system that needs to be emptied.

The 'swamp' across the street from us is definitely contributing to the smell (hopefully Aquabella WILL start construction in the next week or two and alleviate that source!), however it is the ONLY swamp in the area that I know about (yes there IS a large swamp outside SPM but we don't smell it here) so it isn't entirely that.

There has been a lot of rain in the past few months and the ground is still saturated so some of the smell eminates from 40 yrs of septics that have their 'filtrantes' (SP) drilled into the coral so the natural action of the tides can carry the effluent out to sea. Most of the ground in the area (especially old JD) is contaminated.

Also all the new construction has opened up some largely forgotten, previous septic systems so the contaminated soil is now 'off-gassing'.

Remember also that most of the wells in the aea are contaminated (mainly caused by wells being dug within 50 yards of the next buildings' septic) so they also contribute to the odour. A friend of ours recently installed and automatic system that adds clorine directly to the well because the smell was so bad they couldn't stand it (how they can use it to shower,wash cloths/dishes etc. I don't know!!??)

Also keep in mind that for many,many years when a septic tank was full, the owner hired someone to clean it. This was done in the middle of the night when the 'cleaner' opened the tank, shovel the residue into pails, took the pails to the beach where he dug a hole into which the pails were emptied and then the sand was placed on top to cover same.

I realise this isn't very scientific but it IS the REALITY of sewage treatment facilities here in Juan Dolio based on what I have personally observed since 1990.

[Dre Broeders]

MommC. Your apartment is more and less 80 meters from my apartment.
How it is possible, that I smell nothing?
My wife also smell nothing.

[mikey007]

are you actually in juan dolio dominican republic wake up and smell the coffee beans

[MommC]

or your nose may be desensitized because you live here year round while I'm only here in the winter.
One does become accustomed to everyday smells and the nose loses the ability to smell them.

No smell today but there was a bit last night.