DOH-Volusia Lifts Water Quality Health Advisory

Lighthouse Point Park tests below unsafe level

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 16, 2026

DOH-Volusia Lifts Water Quality Health Advisory
Lighthouse Point Park tests below unsafe level

Contact:
Wendi Jackson
Wendi.Jackson@FlHealth.gov
386-281-6423

Ponce Inlet, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) is lifting the advisory for high bacterial levels at the following location:

Lighthouse Point Park
5000 S. Atlantic Ave.,
Ponce Inlet, FL 32127

Tests completed on January 14, 2026, indicate that the water quality at Lighthouse Point Park shows an acceptable level of Enterococcus bacteria established by state guidelines. Test results are available at FloridaHealth.gov/HealthyBeaches.

For more information, call 386-274-0694 or visit Volusia.FloridaHealth.gov

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