Miami-Dade lifts no-swim advisories. Beaches now safe after contamination
UPDATE on Nov. 27: All locations are now safe for swimming. Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department lifted its advisories.
ORIGINAL: For those who made plans to spend a fallday on a Miami beach, perhaps even taking a dip in the water, you may want to think again.
As of Monday, several beaches and parks are under a no-swim order after a wastewater treatment plant overflowed due to heavy rains. Staffers with the county’s central district wastewater treatment plant have been containing the overflow of about 200,000 gallons.
While most of the spillage has been quelled, about 10,000 gallons entered Shrimper’s Lagoon, which is near the plant.
The county is urging the public to avoid swimming, fishing, boating and other water recreation activities at several beaches and parks, including:
▪ Virginia Key Beach and Outdoor Center
▪ Crandon Beach
▪ Key Biscayne Beach
▪ Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
The no-swim advisory will remain in effect until testing shows the water is clear from contamination for two consecutive days.
Miami Herald staff reporters Howard Cohen and Omar Rodriguez Ortiz contributed to this report.
This story was originally published November 21, 2022 at 6:17 PM.
