Number of Rain Advisory Days and Sewage Spill Beach Closures

The following graph (Figure 16) compares the total number of Rain Advisory Days to the total number of sewage spill beach closures from 2000 – 2020. For the 12-year period from 2000 – 2012, an increase or decrease in the total number of Rain Advisory Days generally resulted in a similar increase or decrease in the total number of sewage spill beach closures. However, since 2013, it appears this relationship between sewage spill beach closures increasing and decreasing along with the number of Rain Advisory Days no longer exists.