British Beach Users Want Clean Sand And Clean Water Above All Else

Last year, Ohio’s Office of Coastal management in Sandusky conducted an on-line survey of visitors to Ohio’s North Coast.  The results have not, as yet, been distributed as far as ohiobeachguy knows.

While reviewing some past issues of Shore and Beach, a publication of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), ohiobeachguy came across a survey of British beach users which the magazine published in its Winter, 2009 edition.

The survey analyzed the inputs of users at six beaches on the Bristol Channel  The Bristol Channel is similar to Lake Erie in its major dimensions.

The survey was fairly conclusive.  Give us clean water and clean sand and everything else is secondary.  Safety and toilets came in a distant third and fourth.

It will be interesting to see what beach users in Ohio tell the Coastal Management Office.  Hopefully, the results of the Ohio survey will be published this year.