Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man said yesterday that his bureau will remove some of the silt polluted by wastewater along the northern coast of Areia Preta district, and plant mangroves in the remaining silt, so as to solve “once and for all” the waterfront stench that has been affecting residents in the area for years.
Tam made the remarks during a press conference at the bureau in Estrada de D. Maria II yesterday.
Tam revealed on Friday that a project to tackle the long-standing evil smelling problem affecting residents living close to the northern coast of Areia Preta district was completed in June. The project, which got off the ground in 2017, was about building sewage interception facilities to collect wastewater at the outlets of rainwater drains off the Areia Preta northern coast and to divert the collected wastewater – through pressure pipes – to the nearby Macau Peninsula Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man shows reporters a plan of the sewage interception project in the Areta Preta northern coastal area during yesterday’s press conference at his bureau about ongoing and upcoming measures to completely solve the stench problem off the coast there. Photo: MPDG
