NO SWIMMING ADVISORY LIFTED—PHIL FOSTER PARK

    RIVERA BEACH, FL—The Palm Beach County Health Department has lifted the “No Swimming Advisory” for Phil Foster Park following a re-sampling of marine water test results in the good range.

Biweekly, health department staff samples the beach waters at 14 locations from Boca Raton to Jupiter for enterococcus 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’s results for enterococcus are at 4 parts per 100 milliliters of marine water placing it 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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