Homestead marine

The wash downs were reemoved when they renovated the docks. The only reason Matheson Hammock still has wash down is probably due to the fact that the Gables police use it to wash down their boat and trailers. (Many years ago i installed a fresh water wash down system in my cargo van).

Our water situation here isn't good (not many pay attention...) so in general governments will have fewer and fewer washdown setups for boats... I've read that a hundred years from today all of our drinking water, from every part of the state.... will come from de-sal plants up and down the coasts... I can remember when I first came here (1971, fresh out of the service..) that well fields in south Florida were failing... and the situation hasn't improved one bit... Over near Tampa there are places away from cities where you can't get hooked up to anyone's water utility and you can't drill a well and get sweetwater at all... Believe that's why that de-salination plant is there...

There's something wrong with that picture... Water is the ultimate recyclable. And we get 50-60 inches of rain per year.
Certainly some well fields have had saltwater intrusion but further inland there's no shortage of fresh water, with the aquifer constantly re-supplied.
When county services like water at the boat ramps are discontinued the reason is probably the cost, and you'll note that they aren't collecting less in taxes. They just have other priorities.