Once pristine town now left in deplorable state [LETTER]
Outfall around beaches are causing health problems for Toti residents.
EDITOR – I find myself writing this letter with great sadness and disgust. Everyone is aware as to the current situation regarding the raw sewage and contamination of the Warner Beach front, not to mention the ‘welcoming’ smell as you enter our town.
Recently I had a small cut on my right foot and went for a walk on Warner Beach. It now seems the entry point dunes, near the Moth Club and public toilets, has become an open air toilet. Everyone is aware of the local homeless who live in the sand dunes. I stood in human feces. I couldn’t even wash it off in the sea, as the water too is infected. Saltwater is supposed to be healing.
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I now have a flesh eating bacterial infection, which has cost me time from work, a lot of pain and medical bills. Yes, there are public toilets, but they are locked at certain times, and some days not even opened at all.
Surely, someone asks themselves where do people go to relieve themselves? Is this the way Warner Beach welcomes its visitors? A once thriving beach which now nobody can enjoy.
Even if you are lucky enough to catch a fish, I myself would not take the chance in eating it. You just sit on the beach and smell the sewage from all directions. Surely, someone can place one or two portable toilets at the entry point.
Many people are aware and complain of this problem, but at the end of the day, apart from a few, who does anything about this? It is atrocious what is happening to our beloved Warner Beach.
All it takes is one small pebble tossed into the water to create many ripples.
LEE DOLPHIN
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