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Salt Water Beach Monitoring-All Test in Good Range-Palm Beach County
April 19, 2017
Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County, Salt water Beach Monitoring, this week has found all beaches to be in the good range and have a satisfactory rating.
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.organd 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: 3-6-2017
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 | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
7 | Palm Beach | Palm Beach | 10 | Good | Satisfactory |
8 | Lake Worth- Kreusler | Lake Worth | 10 | Good | Satisfactory |
9 | Ocean Inlet Park | Ocean Ridge | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
10 | Boynton Beach | Ocean Ridge | <10 | Good | Satisfactory |
12 | Sandoway-Delray Bc | 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
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