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Health Advisory Jupiter Beach and Phil Foster Parks

By Public Health Communications

November 14, 2018

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Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County has ISSUED A HEALTH ADVISORY (no swimming) for Jupiter Beach Park and Phil Foster Park after recent sampling showed bacterial levels in the water to be in excess of 71 colonies per milliliter of marine water putting it in the poor range.

Causes of the elevated level that prompted the advisory are unknown but heavy rains, high surf, and heavy traffic can contribute. 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 11-13-2018

Site	Name	City	Enterococci	Water Quality	Status
1	Dubois Park	Jupiter	20	Good	Satisfactory
2	Jupiter Beach Park	Jupiter	1140	POOR	ADVISORY
3	Carlin Park	Jupiter	<10	Good	Satisfactory
4	Riviera Beach	Riviera Bch	<10	Good	Satisfactory
5	Phil Foster	Riviera Bch	90	POOR	ADVISORY
7	Palm Beach	Palm Beach	10	Good	Satisfactory
8	Lake Worth- Kreusler	Lake Worth	50	Moderate	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