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THE HOPE CANAL WRANGLING

Oct 27, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
Mr. Maurice Veecock’s talk on the Hope Canal Project (which I attended) was a straightforward discourse on water management in this country. The unnecessary attack on the gentleman by people, who in doing so, are exposing their mismanagement of funds and resources, reveal their misunderstanding of what was said.
Nearly all of the outlets for water into the Demerara River and the Atlantic Ocean are silted or have been given a one-off clearing and left to silt again, maintenance is a continuous process. The Hope Canal outlet to the Atlantic Ocean will be just another addition to the many outlets we already have.
The Solution: By putting a seven-door sluice near the Mahaica Creek as it drains into the Atlantic Ocean we will achieve several benefits. We will stop contamination of the creek by salt water from the Atlantic.
We will have a body of creek water that will tremendously benefit the farmers when the water rises in creeks during rainfall, you open your sluice and send the water out into the Atlantic and any possible flooding will stop.
The flooding of the Mahaica Creek is aggravated by tidal influence coupled with upstream discharges
The removal of the tidal influence would remove the salt water intrusion, permit better drainage and result in a source of potable water for the residents of the area.
Constructing a seven door Sluice in the Mahaica Creek where it drains into the Atlantic would not cost $3.7 Billion, inconvenience motorists travelling East to West or West to East, and cause no interference to the century-plus old conservancy.
C. Dodson

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