DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council Weekly Water Watch list information about advisories for beaches in the state.  Several advisories are associated with beaches at state parks.  Here are the advisories for the Labor Day weekend.

There are 9 beach advisories for the week of 9/3

• 7 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory:
• Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
• Lake Keomah Beach (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA)*
• Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
• McIntosh Woods Beach (Clear Lake, Ventura, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*
• Nine Eagles Beach (Davis City, Decatur County, IA)*
• Prairie Rose Beach (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)*
  Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*
• 2 Beaches with a Microcystin-related Advisory:
  Crandall’s Beach (Big Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA)*
  Green Valley Beach (Creston, Union County, IA)*
• *Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program
  **Data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Once again, the list is made available from public data through the Iowa Environmental Council.

(contributed information, Iowa Environmental Weekly Water Watch)