Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today said that it discovered in excess of 3000 used condoms which caused a massive blockage at the corner of Sixth and Light streets Alberttown yesterday.
A statement from GWI today said that responding to several complaints of sewage overflows, GWI’s sanitation team discovered an overflowing manhole at Albert Street. “The sewage was practically gushing,” stated Sanitation Supervisor, GWI, Wayne Langford, “immediately we noticed a number of articles including clothes, concrete, and a significant amount of condoms amongst the sewage”.
Langford further explained that GWI was then required to conduct a lengthy exercise to locate the source of the blockage underground. “We were fortunate enough to locate the huge blockage below Sixth and Light Streets before sunset,” stated Langford, “it was then that we noticed an enormous amount of condoms which clogged the system and affected the operations of the sensitive devices used to pump the sewage out of the city.”
According to the statement, the supervisor revealed that the removal of the blockage required more than two hours of work by GWI’s Sanitation team. “The debris was so large in number that the entire team was called in to remove the massive amount of condoms – my team counted over 3000,” stated Langford, “even the residents looking on were stunned to see the amount of condoms found in the blockage. This situation is unacceptable since we have been appealing to residents to desist from flushing anything but human waste through their toilets.” He further explained that it is a common occurrence to find large numbers of condoms at city hotels which experience sewage overflows, however the over 3000 condoms found at the Sixth and Light Street blockage is the largest on record”, the statement added.
