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Health Advisory Canceled Ocean Inlet Park and Spanish River Beach
June 01, 2018
Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County has CANCELED a HEALTH ADVISORY (no swimming) for Ocean Inlet Park, Ocean Ridge and Spanish River Beach, Boca Raton after recent sampling showed bacterial levels in the water to be in the good range.
Causes of the elevated level that prompted the advisory are unknown but the heavy rains and high surf from tropical storm Alberto likely contributed. Generally poor ratings are associated with wildlife, heavy recreational usage, high surf from high winds and high tides or runoff following heavy rains. The DOH-Palm Beach always encourages rinsing with fresh water after swimming in any natural body of water.
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 this site may pose increased risk of infectious disease, particularly for susceptible individuals
Beach Action Values (BAV) Enterococcus Results Description
Date of Sample 5-29-2018/5-31-2018
Site | Name | City | Enterococci | Water Quality | Status |
1 | Dubois Park | Jupiter | 20 | Good | Satisfactory |
2 | Jupiter Beach Park | Jupiter | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
3 | Carlin Park | Jupiter | 20 | Good | Satisfactory |
4 | Riviera Beach | Riviera Bch | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
5 | Phil Foster | Riviera Bch | 10 | Good | Satisfactory |
7 | Palm Beach | Palm Beach | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
8 | Lake Worth- Kreusler | Lake Worth | 30 | Good | Satisfactory |
9 | Ocean Inlet Park | Ocean Ridge | 170/10 | Good | Satisfactory |
10 | Boynton Beach | Ocean Ridge | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
12 | Sandoway-Delray Bch | Delray Bch | 20 | Good | Satisfactory |
13 | Spanish River | Boca Raton | 80/<10 | Good | Satisfactory |
14 | South Inlet Park | Boca Raton | 10 | Good | Satisfactory |
15 | Lantana Beach | Lantana | 40 | Moderate | Satisfactory |
United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) recommended criteria for enterococci is:
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
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