DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council this week have released the Iowa DNR’s list of beaches where advisories have been issued. All the information is collected from testing by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

There are 9 beach advisories for the week of 7/14

8 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Black Hawk Beach (Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
Clear Lake State Park Beach (Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*
Emerson Bay Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington 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)*

1 Beach with a Microcystin Advisory:
Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster County, IA)*

4 City and County Beaches exceed the state’s advisory threshold for E. coli.*
View the map on our website to see where they are.

The release of the information by the Iowa Environmental Council is available from their Weekly Water Watch and is available digitally.

(contributed information, IEC)