The Miami Beach City Commission on Oct. 14 approved a resolution authorizing a sole-source purchase from Moleaer Inc. for nanobubble equipment and services for Park View Canal. The resolution caps spending at $1,382,973 and directs the city manager to negotiate an agreement; the final contract may be executed only after successful negotiations.


The cap includes $1,045,733 in the first year for equipment, installation and operations, followed by four one-year renewals at $84,310 each. The city has not yet finalized the agreement. See city commission agenda item C7G.

The purchase from Moleaer Inc. could have residents swimming and kayaking in the canal again as early as next year, Commissioner Alex Fernandez told the Miami Herald, which first reported the story.

"People live on the water," Fernandez said. "They pay to be on the water, yet they can't touch the water."

The canal sits at 73rd Street and Dickens Avenue within the Tatum Waterway. It has been under a no-contact advisory for its public kayak launch and surrounding waters because of extremely high levels of enterococcus, a fecal-indicator bacteria. Two University of Miami studies found the primary driver is rainfall picking up land-based pollutants that flow into the canal through the stormwater system, city spokeswoman Melissa Berthier said in a statement.

The Surfrider Foundation's 2025 Clean Water Report, released in May, ranked Park View Kayak Launch among the nation's top 10 beach bacteria hot spots with a 92% high bacteria rate, the third highest in the country. The site has appeared on that list every year since 2021, the Herald reported.


The city describes nanobubbles as tiny oxygen-rich bubbles that remain suspended in water and can support processes that reduce microbial contaminants, algae and odors. The treatment's effect in Park View Canal remains to be tested. An agreement with Moleaer should be reached by the end of 2026, Fernandez said. Once operating, reductions in muck, bacteria levels, odor and algae typically appear within six to 12 months, he said.

The city has already relined sewage lines to prevent leaks, but the problem persists. Omar Jimenez, a North Beach resident who founded the Park View Island Sustainable Association, told the Herald he wants the canal restored but worries the technology does not address root causes of contamination.

"I bought a waterfront home because I wanted to enjoy a waterfront-living lifestyle," Jimenez said.