Midtown Beach and Phipps Ocean Park beaches are both temporarily closed to swimming because of bacteria levels, the town said. <\/p>\n
The Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County sampled the water on Monday and found the water tested poor for enterococci, a type of bacteria normally found in feces. <\/p>\n
In a public notice just before 5 p.m. today, the town announced the closing of the beaches and said it is working to have the water quality resampled in order to reopen the beaches as soon as possible. <\/p>\n
The health department issued an advisory, noting a potential health risk to the bathing public, after poor water quality samples were found at Midtown Beach, Phipps Ocean Park, the Lake Worth Beach\/Kreusler Park, Jupiter Beach Park, and Carlin Park in Jupiter. <\/p>\n
Midtown Beach was last underan advisory in June, along with other county beaches. <\/p>\n
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