Comments on: Ministry Provides Update On “Greaseball” Issue

By: OKAYMAN

OKAYMAN — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:28:04 +0000

Aha Yes I have just checked one of Trevor Moniz’s earlier press releases which says that the acceptable rate is 35/100.

By: OKAYMAN

OKAYMAN — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:22:49 +0000

I think if you look at the US and Europe you will see that their acceptability ratings are much lower than 104/100ml

By: OKAYMAN

OKAYMAN — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:21:23 +0000

Hi Commensense. Could you tell me where I can find these reports on the gov website? I just want to be able to get quick access.

By: Query

Query — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:21:46 +0000

Can anyone advise or provide a link to the water sample reports on the government website. I did a quick look at the Bermuda Dept of Health and was not able to find the stats.

By: check

check — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:11:51 +0000

You do relieve that it is 79 cfu per 100ml of water, so with there being over 100 ml of water. The tight space may be “why” it was that level but 79 there is not any worse than 79/100ml at any “less tight” location.

it would appear you are looking for something to gripe about. Seeing as single day samples should be under 104/100ml (refer to the link you provided), with not more than 10% of samples being over 130cfu/100ml.

Now if you have an issue with the thresholds themselves then maybe you should rally about that.

Do you have any solutions?

Because like everyone knows, complaining about an issue without proposing any solutions is called “whining”

By: HEY DIS BIE HERE

HEY DIS BIE HERE — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:37:20 +0000

God is trying to tell us something, we have “greaseballs” on the beach and we have em in the government

By: OKAYMAN

OKAYMAN — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:29:00 +0000

Oh if only the hadn’t cleaned the beaches early in the morning. High tide was at 8:30 am so it would have made more sense to clean the beaches at 11:30ish as the tide was going out and leaving the excrement.

By: Just a thought!

Just a thought! — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:03:12 +0000

Transparency is importnat. Fixing the problem permanently is equally so. What’s the time line for a permanent solution?

By: Coffee

Coffee — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:26:21 +0000

Anybody and everybody must be open and transparent with $&it that can’t be hidden , it’s natural . This isn’t an issue to beat your hairy chest over !

By: Eye of Horus

Eye of Horus — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:41:27 +0000

Did he inform Snorkel Park swimmers when the levels reached 79 last tuesday? That’s a tight space for that much bacteria to be in amongst swimmers.

http://bernews.com/2014/04/video-minister-addresses-greaseball-issue/

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:40:10 +0000

Let me get this straight! Water samples are being taken from numerous public beaches and the results are not only provided to the public through the medianbut are also posted on Government’s website. This sounds very unfamiliar! Does it mean that our present Government is acting with openness transparency ? It might take us a little while longer to get used to this novel idea but stick with it OBA. But let future Governments be warned. Honesty and transparency can be addictive!

By: nuffin but the truth

nuffin but the truth — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:54:21 +0000

All MP’s are full of greaseballs!

By: Rhonda Neil

Rhonda Neil — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:03:10 +0000

All is fine, the level are not that high, but if you see any shite balls as you swim, just don’t worry…we’ll test the water later…

By: Nicky Gurret

Nicky Gurret — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:00:41 +0000

Well done to the Parks Department and the Health Department!

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:03:08 +0000

Well done Minister and Ministry of Health and the Environment! You cannot be faulted for your approach to this issue. It is so important to keep the community informed. Possibly other Ministries will follow your lead.