TOWN Clerk Royston King has said that serious public health problems will arise should city businesses fail to connect their soil pipes to the sewerage system instead of to the city’s drains and alleyways.He explained that many times, Council workers are confronted with human faeces as they clean City Hall’s drains and alleyways on a daily basis.

“What they are doing is allowing raw faeces to enter into drains, and that is totally unacceptable!”

Speaking at City Hall’s statutory meeting on Monday, King said businesses in Georgetown were warned over and over again to fix the situation, but have continued to ignore such warnings.

“Those people have been warned before verbally and through the statutory notices. We have spoken to them over and over again. Their soil pipes should be connected directly to the sewerage system,” King maintained.

He said they have been given 14 days to remedy the situation which represents the statutory amount of time that is given to those who are in breach.

“It’s totally unacceptable in any city. We will prosecute these persons by taking them to court.”

Meanwhile, in an advertisement that the City Council placed in the media, King said the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will begin a campaign on October 5, 2016, to prosecute all property owners who have their soil pipes and other related (pipes leading from water closets, baths and sinks) flowing into city drains.

“This is against the Georgetown Building Construction Public Health Provision Regulations, Section 19: Every new building shall be provided with such number of water closets, urinals, sinks, bath wastes or other sanitary conveniences in accordance with the Georgetown Sewerage Regulations, as may be required by the City Engineer,” said King.

He said the M&CC will also be moving to prosecute all property owners who have their roof gutter down-pipes draining directly into street drains and alleyways.

“This is against the Georgetown Building by-law Municipal and District Councils Act, Chapter 28:01. Property owners, who are in breach of these regulations, have 14 days to correct this negative public health situation,” King said.