Feb 18, 2018
Smelly disaster averted
That small cement square on the ground to the right of the garbage area ( which happens to be directly behind our site ) is where the deep hole is that collects all of the sewage we RVers put out. However because the park has literally been full this winter there was more that ended up in that hole ( not a septic tank ) than normal. Something unpleasant began to back up in a few sites.
David the owner of the park ( this is the park handyman Ismael in the photo ) was here within a few hours and had a pumper truck on site very quickly. It took a long while to pump out the ‘you know what’ !
Soon supplies began to be delivered.
Early the next morning workers appeared. It seems that David has now decided to run a sewer line from each of the 2 RV parks to the new main sewer line that is being installed on the Isla. He is starting with our park first.
They worked all day. The main sewer line is at least six feet underground. They had to dig down to this previously ( and covered ) installed man hole.
Then dig a deep path along the white line indicated two photos above.
This is the size of pipe being installed.
What a long way to dig the trench.
They did get it done and installed and reopened the road all within a few hours. Amazing work.
The next day they built a new manhole on the other side of our garbage area and then broke through the wall and connected into our ‘sewer hole’. We heard the noise all day and could smell when they connected. So now we are officially connected to the main sewer system which at the moment goes nowhere as it is not finished. Sure hope that the RV sewage won’t start to fill the new pipes for a long while. Where will it go? We have no idea but suspect it will end up in the ocean, untreated. Mazatlan itself has a sewage treatment plant that eventually dumps everything in the ocean. Sorry but I never got the final photos of the competed job but I am sure that you get the picture in more ways than one.
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A big job but will be worth it on the long run.
Most Mexican RV parks put little money into their parks (according to Kevin and Ruth) but that owner seems pretty keen on keeping things up in the long term. Likely why he has so many loyal campers there
That’s good news. With each change comes others. That’s progress.