Rick Cruz

Pacific Daily News/USA TODAY Network

A private company, Dom’s Maintenance, on May 1 started providing regular cleaning services for the public restroom at Inarajan pools, seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Similar to what’s happening at public restrooms in the Tumon Bay tourist district, a maintenance worker is now stationed at the Inarajan site.

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Although the restrooms are being cleaned at the popular tourist attraction, the water pressure is inadequate. One stall in the women’s restroom has been closed off because the toilet won’t flush. While still open, the toilet in the other stall requires several flushes to clear the bowl.

The Pacific Daily News on Thursday visited public restrooms at some tourist sites after Sen. Kelly Marsh Taitano on Wednesday suggested village mayors open the restrooms at their offices and community centers to tourists because of inadequate public restrooms, especially in the south. It’s a realistic short-term solution, she said, as there are mayoral offices and community centers in every village.

Her proposal won’t help the situation at Talofofo Bay, where the women’s public restroom at Talofofo Beach Park was locked Thursday. The village mayor’s office is miles away, up the hill.

At Yona’s Tagachang Beach, the restrooms were open but in bad condition, with filth and debris on the floor and in the stalls. A rusted metal gate used to secure the men’s restroom was broken off its hinges and lying on its side.

Inadequate restroom facilities aren’t the only problem at the Yona tourist site, where a mound of trash littered the beach. People appeared to be living in the beach pavilion.

Taitano, chairwoman of the legislative parks committee, on Thursday said she's working on a solution to the problems at public restrooms.

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“My office is working on legislation to provide a mechanism for a more integrated approach in addressing the root cause of some of these problems to get beyond the short-term Band-Aid solutions that have been proposed from time to time,” she stated.