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Health Advisory Jupiter Beach and Phil Foster Parks

By Public Health Communications

November 14, 2018

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 http://palmbeach.floridahealth.gov/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

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