DES MOINES, Iowa—During the season, the Iowa Environmental Council releases the data collected by the Iowa DNR about water quality at public beaches. For the 4th of July weekend, there are a half dozen beaches identified by DNR testing as having high levels of E. coli.

There are 6 beach advisories for the week of 7/1

6 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*
Black Hawk Beach (Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lewis and Clark (Blue Lake) Beach (Onawa, Monona County, IA)*
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

(contributed information, IEC)