DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council Weekly Water Watch report shows that the number of beaches at state parks. The actual testing of the water is conducted by the Iowa DNR.
There are 10 beach advisories for the week of 8/5
10 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*Big Creek Beach (Polk City, Polk County, IA)*Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster County, IA)*Emerson Bay Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)*George Wyth Beach (Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA)*Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*Lake of Three Fires Beach (Bedford, Taylor County, IA)* – see notice belowLower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*Nine Eagles Beach (Davis City, Decatur County, IA)*
*Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program**Data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island DistrictVer avisos en EspañolNOTICE:Lake of Three Fires is now open. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Iowa DNR, and the CDC have confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri in Lake of Three Fires. HHS and DNR recommend that Iowans assume the amoeba is present and take precautions to limit the amount of water going up recreationists noses. Read the full press release.
This weeks test from Don Williams Beach continues to show E. coli levels well below the minimum reportable level.
(contributed information, IEC Weekly Water Watch)
