The total number of beach closings and advisories issued in Florida last year rose in 2010 mainly because of the BP oil spill.
According to a report issued this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council the number of daily beach closures rose to 3,052 days in 2010 from 2,201 days in 2009.
999 of those were because of the oil spill, and if the spill had not happened there would have been a 7% decrease in advisory days.
Franklin County beaches showed better than usual water quality last year.
There were 27 days where swimming advisories were issued for Franklin County beaches in 2010; the majority of those advisories were issued for Carrabelle Beach.
That’s a major improvement – in 2005 Carrabelle beach was considered one of the dirtiest beaches in Florida last year, with a swimming advisory issued 49 percent of the time.
Last year advisories were only issued 10 percent of the time.
For most other local beaches there were no advisories at all.
The dirties beach last year was Bayou Chico in Escambia County, which had advisories 62 percent of the time, flowed by Hagen’s Cove in Taylor County and Garniers in Okaloosa County.
The main causes of swimming advisories in Florida last year excluding the BP oil spill was wildlife, followed by stormwater runoff and sewage spills.
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