PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL—The HEALTH ADVISORY issued by Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County, Wednesday, November 1, has been canceled for seven beaches, Dubois Park, Jupiter Beach, Carlin Park, Phil Foster, Ocean Ridge, Boynton Beach, South Inlet Park.  Lab results from the retesting showed the beaches to be satisfactory and all in the good or moderate 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

Date of ReSample: 11-2-2017

Date of Sample: Site	Name	City	Enterococci	Water Quality	Status
1	Dubois Park	Jupiter	<70	Moderate	Satisfactory
2	Jupiter Beach Park	Jupiter	<36	Good	Satisfactory
3	Carlin Park	Jupiter	<36	Good	Satisfactory
4	Riviera Beach	Riviera Bch	10	Good	Satisfactory
5	Phil Foster	Riviera Bch	<36	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	<36	Good	Satisfactory
10	Boynton Beach	Ocean Ridge	<36	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	<70	Moderate	Satisfactory
15	Lantana Beach	Lantana	10	Good	Satisfactory