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Sweeney, Vincent D. Pollution of Castries Harbour, St. Lucia, West Indies. 74 Caribbean Environmental Health Institute, Castries, St. Lucia The city of Castries is the capital of St. Lucia, an island of approximately 238 square miles located in the Eastern, Caribbean. The population of Castries is approximately 60,000, almost 50% of the island's total population of 140,000. This densely populated city is characterized by many of the problems typical of small island developing states, such as poor liquid and solid waste management systems. Castries Harbour, renowned for being one of the most picturesque harbours in the Caribbean, suffers from severe pollution problems from a variety of sources, including port related activities, sewage and, most notably, the Castries River. The Castries River, which empties into the harbour, can be transformed by a downpour of rain from a trickle to a raging torrent. This phenomenon, combined with the practice by many of the residents of the city of disposing of their domestic waste into the "nearest gully" (usually a tributary to the Castries River), results in large volumes of solid waste being deposited in the harbour. Much of the waste includes floatable debris which does not make its way out to sea, but accumulates, instead, in the many inlets of the harbour, creating an unsightly and potentially hazardous nuisance. Although part of the problem can be attributed to the poor solid waste collection system in Castries, a major cause can be the lack of public awareness related to pollution and also the attitude of many persons that "it is okay to dump in the drains. and ravines since after it rains the problem is gone away." A major challenge facing St. Lucia, and much of the Wider Caribbean, is to educate the general public on the ills of pollution, from indiscriminate dumping and otherwise, starting at the primary/elementary school level and using the widest possible media exposure. It is clear that unless attitudes change, technical approaches will have limited success.
POSTER MANUSCRIPTS THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE DEBRIS Miami, Florida, USA May 8-13, 1994
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