Palm Beach County, FL—Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County has posted a HEALTH ADVISORY for Jupiter Beach Park, Carlin Park, Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach after recent sampling showed bacterial levels in the water to be greater than 71 colonies per 100 milliliters of marine water putting these four beaches in the POOR range.

Causes of the elevated level that prompted the advisory are unknown but are generally 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

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

Date of Sample:8-21-2017

Site	Name	City	Enterococci	Water   Quality	Status
1	Dubois Park	Jupiter	20	Good	Satisfactory
2	Jupiter Beach Park	Jupiter	140	POOR	Advisory
3	Carlin Park	Jupiter	220	POOR	ADVISORY
4	Riviera Beach	Riviera Bch	50	Moderate	Satisfactory
5	Phil Foster	Riviera Bch	50	Moderate	Satisfactory
7	Palm   Beach	Palm   Beach	110	POOR	ADVISORY
8	Lake   Worth- Kreusler	Lake   Worth	310	POOR	ADVISORY
9	Ocean Inlet Park	Ocean Ridge	10	Good	Satisfactory
10	Boynton Beach	Ocean Ridge	10	Good	Satisfactory
12	Sandoway-Delray Bch	Delray Bch	60	Moderate	Satisfactory
13	Spanish River	Boca Raton	30	Good	Satisfactory
14	South Inlet Park	Boca Raton	20	Good	Satisfactory
15	Lantana Beach	Lantana	<10	Good	Satisfactory