Five stars. Infinity pool. Infinity sewage.
Upstairs: a DJ, an infinity pool, cocktails at 250k. Downstairs: a pipe under the sea wall, a brown stream cutting through the sand, straight into the surf.
The local kids sit in it because it is warm. The tourist kid walks out of it brown to the chest. The waiter wades through it because that is the shortest route to the sun loungers.
This is not a rumour. On 1 August 2026 Badung's environment agency traced a pipe from a Berawa beach club's wastewater plant into the storm drain that empties onto the beach. They sealed it with cement and sent a warning letter. A permit says treated water goes into irrigation or infiltration wells, not the sea. Independent testing found E. coli above 1,100 MPN at Batu Bolong and Petitenget back in 2023. No swimming advisory was ever issued.
Everyone knows. The pipe got a letter.