It's a New Day in Public Health.

The Florida Department of Health works to protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, & community efforts.

561-840-4500 All Locations

Florida Healthy Beaches All Good Palm Beach County

By Public Health Communications

April 17, 2018

Press Release

Share This Page

Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County Healthy Beaches Program found all beaches tested in the good and satisfactory range this week following Monday’s sampling, No advisories posted.

Health department staff samples the beach waters at 13 locations from Boca Raton to Jupiter for enterococci as recommended by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the EPA. The samples are laboratory tested for concentrations and a value assigned to indicate poor, moderate or good ranges.

Beach water quality for Palm Beach County and throughout the state can be found at www.flhealthpalmbeach.org and click on "beach water quality".

*A Poor rating may result in a resampling event to confirm poor conditions; otherwise a Health Advisory will be issued immediately. These indicate that contact with the water at thissite may pose increased risk of infectious disease, particularly for susceptible individuals

Beach Action Values (BAV) Enterococcus Results Description

Good = 0-35 Enterococci per 100 milliliters of marine water,

Moderate = 36-70 Enterococci per 100 milliliters of marine water

Poor = 71 or greater Enterococci per 100 milliliters of marine water

Date of Sample: 4-16-2018

Site	Name	City	Enterococci	Water Quality	Status
1	Dubois Park	Jupiter	10	Good	Satisfactory
2	Jupiter Beach Park	Jupiter	<10	Good	Satisfactory
3	Carlin Park	Jupiter	<10	Good	Satisfactory
4	Riviera Beach	Riviera Bch	<10	Good	Satisfactory
5	Phil Foster	Riviera Bch	70	Moderate	Satisfactory
7	Palm Beach	Palm Beach	<10	Good	Satisfactory
8	Lake Worth- Kreusler	Lake Worth	20	Good	Satisfactory
9	Ocean Inlet Park	Ocean Ridge	<10	Good	Satisfactory
10	Boynton Beach	Ocean Ridge	< 10	Good	Satisfactory
12	Sandoway-Delray Bch	Delray Bch	<10	Good	Satisfactory
13	Spanish River	Boca Raton	<10	Good	Satisfactory
14	South Inlet Park	Boca Raton	<10	Good	Satisfactory
15	Lantana Beach	Lantana	<10	Good	Satisfactory