Experts are raising serious concerns about the complete absence of wastewater treatment infrastructure at the Cooks disposal site, cautioning that decades of inaction have left Antigua and Barbuda without a safe system to manage the liquid waste deposited there each day.
According to Antigua Observer, specialists warn that the consequences of this long-standing neglect are already being felt, as untreated liquid waste continues to be disposed of at the site with no adequate mechanisms in place to prevent environmental or public health harm.
The warnings underscore what experts describe as a critical gap in the country's waste management framework. Despite the daily volume of liquid waste being directed to the Cooks site, no treatment infrastructure has been developed to process or safely contain it.
The situation, as reported by Antigua Observer, reflects years of inaction that have compounded the problem, leaving authorities and communities now confronting the tangible effects of inadequate planning and investment in waste management systems.
Experts have not specified a timeline for when conditions may worsen, but their message is clear: without intervention, the risks posed by the untreated wastewater at the Cooks disposal site will continue to grow.
