DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Water Watch has released the list of 12 beaches in the state affected by advisories this weekend.
There are 11 beach advisories for the week of 8/6
10 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Emerson Bay Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lake Manawa Beach (Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA)*
Lake of Three Fires Beach (Bedford, Taylor County, IA)*
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
Nine Eagles Beach (Davis City, Decatur County, IA)*
North Overlook Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
Prairie Rose Beach (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)*
Whitebreast Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
1 Beach with a Microcystin-related Advisory:
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
*Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program
**Data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
The Iowa Water Watch is made available by the Iowa Environmental Council.
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