Toxic Invasion In One Of America’s Most Beautiful Beach Destinations | NBC Nightly News

In pristine South Florida, an urgent public health crisis, the city of Fort Lauderdale was rushing to clean up more than 200 million gallons of

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wastewater, the smell was horrendous, flooding the streets, seeping into homes and spilling into the waterways since December, usually on a

beautiful

day like this. that lake would be full of people fishing and kayaking now closed after sewage was dumped into it a problem the city's aging infrastructure our infrastructure is catastrophic we broke it everything needs to be replaced this is the state of emergency the system was in Fort Lauderdale sewer system built more than half a century ago leaks that began in 2014 led to a state mandate requiring the city to begin making improvements immediately and fix the system by 2026 we are losing access to clean drinking water we lack access to our waterways are having health risks dean trent alice is the mayor of fort lauderdale there is no way someone could have taken care of every aspect overnight it will take years to do so many were concerned the damage could take years to reverse with more sewage spilled than oil leaks during the Deepwater Horizon Disaster Sam Brock NBC News Fort Lauderdale NBC News fans thank you for visiting our YouTube channel Subscribe by clicking that button here and click on any of the videos here to see the latest interviews, highlights and digital exclusives thanks for watching