Concerns for Florida Gulf Coast Beaches

This came to me today from Visit Pensacola. Great news!

Yesterday afternoon a news report came out regarding water quality on Florida panhandle beaches. The Florida Department of Health had issued temporary health advisories related to water quality in two Florida Panhandle counties however contrary to reports, no Gulf of Mexico beaches were closed to swimming and the bacteria present is not flesh-eating.

We want our stakeholders and partners to know that the beaches of Escambia County and the Pensacola Bay Area are all safe and open to the public. There is no indication of any health hazard in the waters of the Pensacola Bay Area and there no advisories in effect at this time

In fact, recent water quality testing in Escambia County was all clear, according to Florida Health reports. 10 beaches, bays and bayous around Pensacola were sampled for the presence of enterococci bacteria between June 20-27, and all test results came back good. For more up-to-date information about the water quality of Escambia County, click here.

To visit the Florida Healthy Beaches Program, go to: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/beach-water-quality/.

Here's a link to the VisitPensacoal press release /uploads/VP Press Release on Water Quality.pdf

Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing July 4th holiday as we celebrate our country’s birthday.

Kindest Regards, 

JD in Perdido Key

JD Hallam is the Gernal Manager for Perdido Key Resort Management vacation rentals, Broker/Owner of Perdido Key Resort Realty and the current representative for Perdido Key lodging on the VisitPensacola Board of Directors. 

PKRM is a full-service vacation rental management company who provides their signature PKRM Pledge to property owners on their program that "Your property is our property." For information on the various levels of management offered, call 850-492-9999 or check out the Perdido Key property management section of perdidokeyflorida.com.