Shit's getting real:

Beaches closed in Miami after tropical disturbance causes sewage to overflow

June 5, 2022

A tropical disturbance that produced nearly a foot of rain in South Florida caused sewage overflows, prompting officials to issue a no-swim advisory along some popular beaches.

Miami-Dade County said Saturday that the exceedingly high flows due to flooding and elevated groundwater levels caused sewer overflows throughout the central part of the county.

As a result, a no-swim advisory was issued for several coastal communities including South Beach and Virginia Key Beach until further notice.

“This was a capacity issue of so much rain is so little time,” Jennifer Messemer with Miami-Dade’s Water and Sewer Department (WASD) said.

The county’s wastewater treatment plant is permitted to receive an annual average daily flow of 143 million gallons of wastewater and reported continuous flows of more than 310 million gallons of sewage and rainwater Saturday.

Messemer says that nearly a foot of water led to a wastewater overflow from the facility.

The county said that the untreated water has the potential to mix with floodwaters and flow into nearby waterways.

Shit Sauce: https://nypost.com/2022/06/05/miami-beaches-closed-after-tropical-disturbance-causes-sewage-to-overflow-in-florida/