Comments on: Water Borne Bacteria, Tobacco Bay Beach Closed

By: TobaccoBayOperator

TobaccoBayOperator — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 22:31:19 +0000

Many thanks for the received well wishes and park concerns.
We’re happy that the Park has reopened with so much amazing weather left in the year.

As to potential causes of the bacterial rising:

Based on considerations, the recent Mermaid event with an increased no. of persons using the beach, coupled with the prevailing wind conditions, could have been the source of the uptick. There is also run off from land with large pools of puddles from clogged drains nearby, as result of recent heavy rains. With monitoring and infrastructure developments, anomalies will be addressed and in meantime we’re happy a clean bill from Health has been provided.

Mentioned elsewhere, the concession’s deck side restaurant is still open and has some cool October weekends coming up too… (Tobaccobay.bm).

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:33:12 +0000

hmm looking at the charts it almost looks like beach activity could be a factor.
one question. where is the waste from the beach bath rooms going?

By: Kim Smith

Kim Smith — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:46:35 +0000

we need to do something about the dumping of raw sewage off the east end. Let’s fix it for God’s sake!

By: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:14:37 +0000

Also there are tides and a pipe for waste off northshore, doesn’t go out far enough or there is a hole innit.

By: Brier

Brier — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:36:08 +0000

I have always feared that beach is polluted anyway

By: Ok

Ok — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:10:21 +0000

Where exactly? And all the sewage from where? Don’t most houses have sas pits….please respond….

By: Truths

Truths — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:45:59 +0000

And you believe that? Without facts and evidence? Go have a swim. Take the family.

By: sage

sage — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:10:06 +0000

Good point, someone needs to immediately send all these questions to the Department of Health or the Minister for answers.

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:20:12 +0000

we need to take human waste to the next level. it should be reused for fuel in stead of being processed for dumping. 2017 people. with will lower the cost of collection. i just had 350 gallons of wasted collected and it cost me almost $300. this would be a mile stone for Bermuda

By: Real Onion

Real Onion — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 03:24:29 +0000

@ Zevon,you are right,it IS b/s….from de plp floaters.

By: Micro

Micro — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:27:20 +0000

Looks like it’s directly related to the popularity of the location and the ability for the water to circulate out.

By: Widget

Widget — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:16:05 +0000

Where do you think all the sewage waste has been dumped for the last fifty years folks. News flash” Just off Tobacco Bay. I don”t go there because of this very reason.

By: BustedTheEconomyStartinNew

BustedTheEconomyStartinNew — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:33:36 +0000

Water which is too pure has no fish.

By: rene

rene — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:31:50 +0000

Why aren’t they testing the beach at Fort St. Catherine. The levels seem to have steadily increased from July through September. Coincidentally this is when the beach is most busy with locals and tourist’s. It suggests that the venue is overused.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:07:02 +0000

Floaters in the waters weeeeooooooh

By: Antlee

Antlee — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:36:58 +0000

No one has mentioned just how poorly this beach is performing historically compared with the other beaches in the east. Even though Tobacco Bay has been well beneath the threshhold since April, in that timeframe the only beach that came close to its level was Shelly Bay. Personally, I feel this data should’ve raised alarms as far back as June when the first notable spike happened. Failing that, some investigation should’ve taken place in July when the rise in levels began to take off; even Shelly Bay was comparative with the other beaches at this point.

By: Zevon

Zevon — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:49:35 +0000

I think it’s the “figment of your imagination” guy. That was a lot of BS.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:51:11 +0000

Yes, it begs the question does it come from human feces? Is this why we had the recent fish die off? And what is going to happen when they build another hotel on the beach there in St. Georges? Where are those feces going to go?

By: Scientist

Scientist — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:49:09 +0000

The fungi or unicellular microorganism is oba/UBP bacteria 12 seat!

The organism is known to split and form a third party.

By: Wahoo

Wahoo — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:46:41 +0000

Me too.

By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:50:09 +0000

Any connection with the fish die off event?

By: john

john — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:24:59 +0000

what is the source of the bacteria? what type of bacteria is it? I really wish Government would be a lot more forthcoming in its press releases.

By: Real Onion

Real Onion — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:16:06 +0000

I blame de plp.

By: sage

sage — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:15:15 +0000

What is the genus and species of the bacteria detected?

By: VJ

VJ — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:43:03 +0000

Even though I read that part, I can understand why he/she is questioning it. This sounds quite strange. I’m fifty years old and I can’t recall a beach being closed for this reason. Lots of weird stuff going on.

By: LOL

LOL — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:32:59 +0000

Yes it certainly does. LOL Just have a read!!!

By: reasoning

reasoning — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:16:43 +0000

The article states that “Inclement weather and wind direction can have an effect on bacterial levels.”

By: Jus' Wonderin'

Jus' Wonderin' — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:14:50 +0000

Best beach in Bermuda…. I THINK NOT LMFAO

By: voltage

voltage — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:36:20 +0000

This is a bold step and it begs the question what is the cause of this spike and can they stop it at the source or is this an ongoing issue of pollution?