Ambergris Caye Belize Resort Development - Department of ...

The utilities to be located in the utility zone includes: electrical generation facilities, waste water
treatment installation, potable water sourcing equipment and solid waste sorting and storage facilities.
1.2.3.3 Energy Generation Facilities
The primary electrical generation facilities are to be from diesel generators supplemented solar sources
and wind generators.
The primary source of energy is to be from two 15 KV Generators with and additional one being held
in a stand-by mode. The source of energy from solar generators is to be from solar panels in sequence
with banks of batteries for storage purpose. This is to be used mainly for heating water, and at night
for night lights along footpaths and in landscaped hedgerows.
The source of wind energy is to be from wind mills or wind generators that are to be deployed in
sequence with banks of batteries for storage purposes.
It has been estimated that the total energy consumption for the year has been estimated at 2.93 MW or
8,000KWH/Dy.
The issue of energy generation has been comprehensively dealt with in Chapter 6.
1.2.3.4 Potable Water Supply Infrastructure
The primary source of water is to be from reverse osmosis or ‘R.O.’. This is to be supplemented by
rainwater catchment, assisted by waste water recycling. The post-treated waste water associated with
the waste water treatment facilities if to be reintegrated into the system. This is to be used mainly for
the flushing of toilets, the washing of equipments, and the irrigation of lawns and hedgerows.
The sourcing of potable has been comprehensively dealt with in Chapter 5.
1.2.3.5 Sewage Treatment Facilities
The sewage and waste water associated with the proposed development is to be treated to secondary
levels using a ‘Package Plant’. The particular Package Plant to be deployed is known by its trade
name “BESST”. This technology, of which the acronym stands for Biologically Engineered Single
Sludge Treatment, reduces major pollutants such as the macro-nutrients nitrates and phosphates, and
ammonia, as well as Total Suspended Solids (TSS), BOD substances and microbes to levels where
they do not pose a threat to the integrity of environment, or human health. The post-treated effluents
from the BESST Treatment Plant, is to be stored and used for the flushing of toilets, as well as for
irrigation and fire-fighting.
The management of waste water has been comprehensively dealt with in Chapter 5.
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