Satellite Picture Of Pollution?

[Motorcycler]

That river has always puzzled me... One time I went by there and it wasn't white at all. Always wondered if the lime sediment did not come from a processing plant upriver...

[Chuleta de Puerco]

I think the OP is referring to the Ozama and that lovely flow that sends it down the coastline. Yes, it is pollution AND silt. You start with a 3rd world country. Throw in runoff from agriculture, mining, and people as it moves through the country. Toss in a huge metropolitan city with less than adequate sewage and storm runoff control. Then finish it up by winding it through some of the most downtrodden barios...with little in the way of plumbing or pavement. At the end, it's called pollution.

But, OP, that's just Santo Domingo, not the whole country. And take a look at any major coastal city in the world with a river that meets the ocean. Bet you don't find many live people swimming around in it.

[zak023]

Originally Posted by Motorcycler

That river has always puzzled me... One time I went by there and it wasn't white at all. Always wondered if the lime sediment did not come from a processing plant upriver...

This has always been another theory..But if you see the river bed up close meaning there is an access road just past the south end of the Bridge you can rub your hand on the rocks and see your palm turn white....= water+white powder= white water....

[siegs]

Originally Posted by laurapasinifan

...I am not sewage

We know your not Bob.Try not to be so hard on yourself.
I for one really enjoy reading what you have to say.

[laurapasinifan]

Originally Posted by siegs

We know your not Bob.Try not to be so hard on yourself.
I for one really enjoy reading what you have to say.

I have to say that, because people look at me like I am some times , ha ha ha.....

I guess i left out the word sure......

now a story about leaving out words...my buddy who took me to the DR for the first time 5 years ago is dominican. He is one of my hunting buddies who i took under my wing years ago...he has always spoken broken english...

but if I followed the conversation, I could figure out what he was trying to say.

he on the other hand only keyed in on certain words in the sentences that others spoke,... and he would react based on the words he knew..

so hunting pheasants, a bird goes up and flyes back over our heads to towards the road...

I yell DONT SHOOT.

what word registers in his mind???....sure the one he WANTS to hear....just ...SHOOT

his mind forgets the word DONT.........

sorry for that rambling

bob

[siegs]

Originally Posted by laurapasinifan

I guess i left out the word sure.

I know.
But another good story came out of it.
Frickin pheasants.
Tracked'em way to long for way to little...

Sieg

[laurapasinifan]

Originally Posted by kcgirl

THIS PICUTRE I SAW WAS A RIVER FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN JUST EAST OF SANTO DOMINGO. AT THE OUTLET OF THE RIVER THE COLOR TURN BROWN WAS THIS RAW SEWAGE GOING INTO THE OCEAN? IS THIS WHY THE PROPERTY IS SO MUCH CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER ISLANDS? IS DR POLLUTED?? DID THEY REALLY SPEND 30 MIL AT THE NORTH COAST FOR A CLEAN UP PROJECT FOR POLLUTION?
THE PICTURES I SEE MAKE DR LOOK GREAT TO COME TO- AND EVEN PURCHASE A WINTER HOME-
BU T I NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH.. DOES IT HAVE A POLLUTION PROBLEM?

I dont know if you are still following your thread here. But are you sure the satelite photo was EAST of Santo Domingo??

from the photos I have seen the river WEST of the capitol has a stream of brown flowing out of it..enough of a slick to think that there is a discharge. Even though It isnt really identifiable from the photos...ie, there is no plant or treat ment facitilty at the head of the brown stream.

on the other side of the city( actually in the middle of the city from the satelie view...because SD sprawls out eastward....the river Ozama( I think) doesnt appear to be brown at all. It is the one that flows right past the colonial zone. I dont see any broan in that water. then as i scan eastward i dont see any more ribers until you get past Boca Chica.

so i am wondering HOW FAR EAST of the capitol were you looking ?

bob