Our sick beaches. What you can't see can hurt you. You may have been swimming in sewage for days before alarms are raised. The yuck factor. County leadership lacking.

Is there a Miami-Dade County APP we can download to tell us whether it is safe to swim at the beach? Of course not! You have to take your chances. Enjoying our beaches should not be akin to rolling a roulette wheel - or worse, and pardon me, but going to local beaches should not be 'a crap shoot.' And, obviously what you can't see -- can hurt you (and your children)

Miami-Dade County has 'literally' been taking a dump in our tourist-promoted waters for far too long.  Think about how the beach warnings work (as best as they can): We don't know until days after the fact. After People have been soaking in sewage for days. This is known as the cherry on top the sundae - as pointed out by Herald Columnist Fabiola Santiago, "By the time the red flags go up by the lifeguard stand, ocean waters may have been contaminated with fecal matter for days."

So do you (or allow your kids to) swim and follow up a few days later to find out if you guessed right? Or do you simply wait days later to see if your body tells you that you guessed wrong when the illness sets in?

This can't be pointed out enough, it just ceases to be funny.  When will we get County leadership to step forward and fight for clean water. Beaches are Miami-Dade County's tourism engine. Act like it. 

RELATED PRIOR POSTS:  

October 3, 2019, CRAP! More swim advisories for 5 local beaches. This is ridiculous. And to think the County just passed a budget that does NOT invest significant money in repairing our Water Treatment infrastructure.

August 22, 2019, Not again! Our beaches have again failed to meet Health quality standards. Clean this up and promote clean water during Super Bowl Week.

Swim at your own risk, and only if you have the stomach for it. Apparently we are asking people to swim in our toilet. Yuck!

In Miami-Dade County - the beaches are definitely swim at your own risk! Is anyone else sick of this (CRAP)?

Eugene Flinn