NO SWIMMING ADVISORY POSTED—PHIL FOSTER PARK

    RIVERA BEACH, FL—The Palm Beach County Health Department has issued a “No Swimming Advisory” for Phil Foster Park after bacterial levels in the water tested in the poor range.

Health department staff sample the beach waters at 15 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.

Phil Foster sampled at 560 parts per 100 milliliters of marine water for enterococci which placed it in the poor range prompting the advisory. This advisory does not include Peanut Island. The advisory will continue until samples collected are in the good range.

Beach water quality for Palm Beach County and throughout the state can be found at, Beach quality PBC or www.doh.state.fl.us and search for beach water quality.

*A Poor rating may result in a resampling event to confirm poor conditions, otherwise a Health Advisory or Warning 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

An Advisory is issued for a beach based on the marine water bacterial indicator concentration that has been recommended by EPA. This should be considered a potential health risk to the swimming public.  

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