CAY BAY--Rodrick Carty of the Seaside Nature Park has brought to the attention of The Daily Herald that the oil spill on the Cay Bay beach near his establishment caused by a fault in electricity company GEBE's waste treatment system last week Thursday has not yet been cleared up.
Carty observed the oil being washed up onto the beach front Wednesday afternoon when heavy swells engulfed the area. According to Reuben Thompson of St. Maarten Pride Foundation, the oil that had soaked into the sand in the ocean as a result of sedimentation is now being stirred up by the heavy swells.
The oil is being washed back onto the shore and this will continue if it is not cleaned up. Thompson said the spread of the oil on the beach Wednesday afternoon had been as extensive as the initial leak last week.
He said he had tried to contact GEBE via telephone on several occasions, leaving a number of messages to inquire what it intended to do to have the situation cleaned up, but no avail.
Thompson is strongly of the opinion that GEBE should allocate funds to have the beach cleaned up, if the work to be left up to the local environmental groups.
