BOYNTON BEACH

Health officials are warning swimmers of elevated bacterial levels in the water at Ocean Inlet Park and Oceanfront Park Beach.

Advisories were posted at beaches after tests determined the water quality to be poor, according to Tim OConnor, spokesman for the Florida Department of Health for Palm Beach County.

The causes for the rise of bacterial levels is unknown but normally associated with wildlife, heavy recreational usage, high surf or runoff following heavy rains.

The advisory indicates that contact with the water at the affected sites may pose increased risk of infectious disease, particularly for suspectible individuals.

The health department advices anyone swimming in a natural body of water to rinse off with fresh water.

Ocean Inlet Park is on the south side of the Boyton Inlet. Oceanfront Park Beach is the towns main beach, just north of the Ocean Avenue Bridge.

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BREAKING: Swimming advisories posted for two Boynton-area beaches - Palm Beach Post