St. George Island public beach ranked one of the cleanest in Florida

The public beach on St. George Island was ranked as one of the cleanest in Florida and Florida beaches ranked 5^th in the nation when it comes to beach water quality. 

The National report called testing the waters was released last week by the National Resources Defense Council.

The St. George Island got 4 out of 5 stars in the report for having good water quality more than 95 percent of the time in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

The beach is tested twice a month for bacteria in the water, if the bacteria levels are too high, advisories are posted on-line and at the beach itself.

The beach might have gotten 5 starts except that it is no longer tested weekly because of state cuts in the budget for water quality testing.

You can see the full “testing the Water” beach report for yourself.

Its posted on-line at the National Resources Defense Council website at nrdc.org.

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