The Florida Department of Health in Manatee County Oct. 11 issued a “no swim” advisory for the Palma Sola beach south access.
The beach is about 1,000 feet west of 81st Street West on the south side of the causeway on Manatee Avenue.
The issuance of an advisory indicates water contact may pose an increased risk of infectious diseases to humans.
Health officials in the county received testing results Oct. 7 and Oct. 9 that showed an elevated level of enterococci bacteria. Enteric bacteria may cause human disease, infections or rashes.
The advisory will be in effect until the water meets U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safety guidelines.
For more information, call the health department at 941-714-7593.
This Palma Sola mess has been going on too long and is now a dangerous life threatening situation. I don’t know which branch of government is using the vast amount of tax dollars they take from us to deal with things like this but whomever it is has failed miserably over a long, long period of time. They have the water testing part down, how about they try to figure out how to clean it up and keep it that way!?!? Probably the vast amount of leaked sewage, horse and pet excrement, and warming water could use some cleaning up and new management on keeping it that way via prevention. Of course what do I know? Like you, we just send them the money. What they do with it is a mystery to me.