Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County Healthy Beaches sampling program found all beaches to be satisfactory and in the good to moderate range this week.

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: 6-26-2017

Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County Healthy Beaches sampling program found all beaches to be satisfactory and in the good to moderate range this week.

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: 6-26-2017

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 Bch	Delray Bch	50	Moderate	Satisfactory
13	Spanish River	Boca Raton	50	Moderate	Satisfactory
14	South Inlet Park	Boca Raton	70	Moderate	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