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Committee demands urgent updates after University test shows extreme contamination in Parkview Canal
Summary
University of Miami testing and staff reports prompted sharp questioning after inspectors found compromised sewer infrastructure near Biscayne Beach Elementary; the committee asked for weekly updates, pressed the school system to act and continued the item to September.
Land Use and Sustainability Committee members called for urgent, measurable action on July 10 after staff and public presenters described persistent, extremely high bacterial contamination in the Parkview Island Canal and identified a compromised sewer lateral near Biscayne Beach Elementary as a priority hotspot.
Lindsey Preck, Deputy Resilience Officer and Assistant Director of Environmental Sustainability, summarized Operation Clean Water, the city’s data‑driven initiative to restore water quality in the Parkview watershed. Since the program launch in March, staff conducted expanded enforcement and outreach: Code Compliance reported 534 inspections in the North Beach watershed that yielded 52 violations (including 45 sanitation violations) between the launch and June 22. Preck said the program also deployed community cleanups, stencil marking of drains and coordination with Miami‑Dade County on private outfalls.
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