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Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County Healthy Beaches Program found all beaches tested satisfactory 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 on the Florida Department of Health “Beach Water Quality” page.
*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 Resample: 1/11/2023
| Site | Name | City | Enterococci | Water Quality | Status |
| 1 | Dubois Park | Jupiter | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 2 | Jupiter Beach Park | Jupiter | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 3 | Carlin Park | Jupiter | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 4 | Riviera Beach | Riviera Bch | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 5 | Phil Foster | Riviera Bch | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 7 | Palm Beach Municipal | Palm Beach | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 8 | Lake Worth- Kreusler | Lake Worth | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 9 | Ocean Inlet Park | Ocean Ridge | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 10 | Boynton Beach | Ocean Ridge | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
| 12 | Sandoway-Delray Bch | Delray Bch | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 13 | Spanish River | Boca Raton | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 14 | South Inlet Park | Boca Raton | N/A | Good | Satisfactory |
| 15 | Lantana Beach | Lantana | N/A | 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 or 36 or greater enterococci per 100ml of marine water as a geometric mean over a five-week period.
An Advisory is issued for a beach that samples in the “Poor” range of the EPA standards. This should be considered a potential health risk to the bathing public.