Authorities from the environmental health department are investigating a case of fish being found dead in a river at Loubiere.
“We are doing some investigation…we are doing some sampling of the water before we can come to a conclusion,” Chief Environmental Health Officer, Anthony Scotland, told DNO on Wednesday evening.
Reports are that several dead fish have, on numerous occasions, been found floating in the river.
Residents say they have made a number of complaints to the authorities on the matter.
They blame the Dominica Brewery and Beverages Limited (DBBL) plant which is located in the area, for polluting the water but Scotland said at this point the finger cannot be pointed at one source.
He said the plant and the areas surrounding it were visited on Wednesday and samples of water were taken.
“We inspected the Kubuli plant and the environment,” he said. “We cannot be only looking at one source. It is a river and we have people living right along it.”
He did not give a definite time as to when results of the test will be made public since, according to him, the samples might have to be sent to St. Lucia for testing and analysis.
“We are talking one to two weeks,” he stated.
Ban Gramazone, hericides and Round-up. Save the fish and wildlife as well as the people.
“”We are doing some investigation…we are doing some sampling of the water before we can come to a conclusion,” Chief Environmental Health Officer, Anthony Scotland, told DNO on Wednesday evening.”
What boot leg school Scotland go nuh?!!!
Waste CAUSTIC water is being dumped into the river and thats not had to fiend.
When I was a young boy it was called “Nivwaying”
hope that is the proper term. My patois does fail me at times.
All jokes aside, these occurrences do happen in nature.
all u guys are fools how can it be the the water company u you guys heads
Fish dying in a minister’s constituency and he moo moo.? The parl rep should be all over this fiasco.
Yes they care bout themselves , their counterfeit US dollars, overseas bank accounts etc
It is very amazinghow many unschooled, but politically driven scientists we have here. An assumption by itself on such an important matter cannot translate to facts and scientific evidence. It is all well to have a view. But to advance that view as a scientific fact is indeed dumb for want of a better word. Oh! Dominica.
This fish kill is a problem of an increase in the Biological Oxygen Demand cause by a huge amount of organic waste being dumped into the water. The end result is that oxygen is depleted and the fish cannot breathe… they die. The bigger issue is where is all that organic waste material coming from. Certainly not from residential premises in the Loubiere Fond Baron area!!!!
This is sad for DA and the Loubiere community but wat was funny an in poor taste was the News Reporter seating with her feet in the water while reporting that fish were dying in the river and they did not know the cause of it!….
OMG I thought so to. How stupid to be sitting there on a rock smiling, with your feet in the water reporting on dieing fish, when you have no clue as to chemicals, poisons or whatever, is causing the fish to die.
If the editor or who ever is responsible for screening those foolish and out right misleading comment
about our country and it people, especially our leaders,he our she would not allowed these comment to be posted. D N O how can every dispute between family, community, incident and accident man made or natural be be link to the PM or government, please be more respectful to our leaders and public officials.
blame chinese,blame government the villagers might be the ones throwing chemicals in the river.years ago growing up on the west coast a certain farmer would discard oil directly into the river.for days fish would be floating dead in the river.the man was never stopped until his passing.so the villagers could be the culprits.
The land of rivers and we can’t test a water sample? How ironic is that.
Suggestion: At a beer and water factory,while I am not familiar with the procedures in manufacturing, I am thinking: can there be so much contaminants to pollute the water to kill the fishes? ok..whether this may be so or not, the factory should consider investing in a waste water treatment plant,to ensure that no contaminants are sent downstream and they can then boast of being environment friendly, and that they are meeting all environmental EOHS standards
Lol funny convo but this is a serious matter
Witness: When I was drinking my “cafay sentcher” I hear VADAM!
Judge: Don’d say you hear vadam, say you heard the explosion of the dynamite.
Witness: Yes my worship, I hear de excorshon of de dynamo. Titi, coco and millet! Dat was a crime!
The Loubiere River lies next to the centre of the next eruption point on Dominica, Morne Canot. In 1998 that volcanic centre was close to eruption but subsided.
Underground emissions of poisonous gases preceed an eruption. This could affect water based wildlife. Indeed that may not be the cause for the present problem, but scientifically it is possible
In relation to my comment below,in response to ‘Dasheen’ and ‘%’ about signs of volcanic activity see the following website:
http://www.onemi.cl/en/risk/volcanic-eruption.html
In the section entitled “Before”, for signs before an eruption, you will see the note:
“Change in color, smell or temperature or dead fish in watercourses.”
Something to consider.
Lapin, great point. While this may not be the cause, this is definitely a possibility. What we Dominicans seem to forget is that Morne Canot in southern Dominica on which the Loubiere river is located, still has the highest probability for a magmatic eruption in Dominica. Volcano-Tectonic earthquakes may not be felt by humans but do we know if they continue at levels which only the instruments are recording?
To Lapin, you should read this if you have not. It is very far ferched to say that contaminated water in any given river is a sure sign of volcanic activity furhter up the hill.
https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/environment/no-recent-volcanic-activity-in-dominica-scientist/
In the early sixties there was plenty veyo and tata in the river.
It might just well be that waste organic matter (in extremely large volumes) is being pumped into the water body and thus the Biological Oxygen Demand (volume of oxygen required to process a given volume of waste)has increased, depleting the oxygen content in the river water and as a result the fish are dying because they dont have enough oxygen to breathe. Thus a BOD test as a prime measure of the pollutional strength of waste water should be carried out to investigate this occurence. People in the EHD do know that and to have the public believe that “other sources” are being investigated is misleading. What other polluting source in the Loubiere area could be responsible for loading such a huge volume of organic matter into a water body to have the BOD increase to such an extent to kill fish??? Your guess is as good as mine
i am not a beer drinker, the kubuli may not be the cause. we must investigate whether another form of pollutant/foreign substance was use by someone else
u 4get d water bottle s are from there to
As far as I know Dominica Brewery & Beverages Ltd. have their own laboratory and apart from quality assurance I would hope their mandate also includes analyses of brewery waste and its disposal. If not external- they must have internal audits and it would be in their interest to submit their records to the Public Health dept. Right now, in the absence of a public response by the company their “Kubuli” brand will attract bad publicity. The competition must be rejoicing in silence.
they soon sell dem dead fish and it appear on people dinner plate
Uh….., does Kubuli, a beer and water factory, produce such contaminants that could contribute to the death of the river fishes? well, I don’t know the formulas and operating procedures there. The, there may be need for the factory to invest in a waste water treatment plant,whereby it can protect itself from being a contributor to environmental pollution
Good point! You may be testing water that is now ok. the polutant could have been washed out already. Mr Scotland! Test the fish! That’s the only sure way you can trace the cause of death.
Come on! you expect to find any irregularities in flowing water, days after the fish died? millions of gallons of water flowing to the sea daily, and you testing for what?
if the authorities had found the fish smoking weed they would have been a full investigation already,they would have been fined and case closed
the culprit should be heavily fined!
THOSE FISH ARE REALLY BIG………. where is that River in Loubiere?????
Why is someone giving the thumbs down to this comment. Those fish are big and not everyone will know where the river is if they are not familiar with the Loubiere area. Why did’nt you just reply with a description – that would have been more helpful.
If waste is being poured into the river irregularly, no point taking a sample after it is all washed down. Why not test the fish as well? And honestly, I can’t believe the samples have to be sent to St. Lucia.
I feel de same way on that St. Lucia vybes. If is not Martinique is TnT or Bdos. Now is St. Lucia?? Magway sa! Next thing is Marie Galant, man?
…too much poo poo upstream..
Please don’t close down cubule at all!!!!!
Boy Da have fish in river like tower
but I never know loubiere have hot water so
dem fish just die so
what dat they eat nuh
What Afi dem saying or willy
I doh even hear that Ambrose man talking for those people
but I hear they do want him again nuh
hope they do d study and solve that environmental problem
Is ther Gold in loubiere >>>>>>>
If no one knows why or no one wants to say what caused it, then I will just have to say it’s plague #1.
That water i saw on Marpin news looking like it had a whole set of soap powder in it. Hope somebody’s washing machine water not going down in that river…hmm.
That’s poison in the water.
They are big fishes. Do the rivers have such big fishes? Could they not have been washed up to the river from the sea, if that were possible? I hope that they did not ingest illegal drugs or water from same. No joking. Or did someone dump them in the river? Strange.
Somebody had a ‘malfant’ and let it go in the river. It wash down already.
Isn’t that suppose to be malvant.
Am D/canare you?
Steps should be taken to have a basic water analysis lab here. After all we need to test treated water, we need to test the effects of the drilling for geo-thermal on water supplies. If we are going to preserve the uniquely pristine environment of Dominica, we must be prepared to be test and protect our most valuable resource—pure, unpolluted water. And fish should be analyzed as well.
there is a lab in stockfarm, what is it for?
Could there be any geothermal development in the area????
I like that. I had not laughed since 1962. I am laughing now. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha1 Ha! Ha! Ha!
There must be a reason why you are laughing but it tells us nothing pertaining to your opinion. Why not share it with us?
BE careful what you laugh about. The Loubiere River lies next to the centre of the next eruption point on Dominica, Morne Canot. In 1998 that volcanic centre was close to eruption but subsided. Underground emissions of poisonous gases preceed an eruption. This could affect water based wildlife. Indeed that may not be the cause for the present problem, but scientifically it is possible.
What are you a monkey?
Yourself have to be itching you for you to make such a dumb comment, DASHEEN
Dear MUDD, not so dumb at all, given how people of the geothermal awareness group had sound evidence of the poisonous gases, deadly groundwater contamination, possible birth-defects and what not, adding up to a near total enviromental disaster as a consequence of harnessing geothermal resources.
Stop this madness now.
We really behind papa. I would expect by now we would be able to do our own testings for these kinds of investigations.
Only now you all want to do investigation after all these years? Play like first time they hear about it, LIE! It will go in the waste basket as acustom like all other things that are happening in Dominca.
Father Guide us please.
That’s why when Athie, Wiltshire and the other environmentalists talk i listen. These people are among the deep lovers of Dominica and its riches.Never knew that our rivers had so many big fishes.
There should be swift action by members of this lazy and incompetent government to find out who or what is responsible for this criminal act.
So many poor Dominicans cannot afford to buy fish,its very hurtful to see and believe what i saw on television.
Y don’t u get of your behind and try to do what our lazy government isn’t doing? Ppl like u make me sick! Do u even pray for the country and the ppl governing it? Try doing that and stop the BS. Make a contribution, help some one and realize we all have to work together to take our beautiful Dominica forward……
thats a millet
How about fish samples?
Point taken … the fish may be best result besides the water test sample taken.
toxic stuff oozing frm somewhere
I hope some ‘bad-minded’ people dnt take that fish and sell for people eh saying is fresh fish they go and catch…
Like the saltfish issue lol! Things have changed and are real bad in DA since Skerrit et Al (the authentic one)Remember when the Solid Team (now gaseous)took accidental power in 1995 after DFP reach the height of backwardness.Wenowhave runaway president (stow-away) anda VC-ed P.M both
by -products of asemi-feudal party 1980-1995(RIP)
Nous pres finibat .Likeaguy above stated Iam laughing since 1979 hahahahahahaahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha lololololololololololololololol
There are someformerly respected peeps in our psuedosociety who after mamodied sang long live the queen long live the kingwhen eddie came now it was longlive Rosie then Pierro nowlong live Skerro.
Left out a significant line .Since the cabal displaced the authentic DLP. That hould be in inserted after Skerrit et AL infiltrated the authentic……………….Camoflage DFPites in DLP what’s morecomical. nous finibat.
I did not have a …………. in my post where is the missing portion
I like that one. lol
Like they say in JA you doh must?lol
You have to like it in dominican Palance.