DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has released the weekly Water Watch report. The number of E.coli advisories is up to eight for state beaches. There are four city and county beaches that exceed E.coli advisory levels. The data from testing is collected by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

There are 8 beach advisories for the week of 6/21

8 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:

Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)* 
Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*
Black Hawk Beach (Lake View, Sac County, IA)* 
Lake Ahquabi Beach (Indianola, Warren County, IA)*
Lewis and Clark Beach (Blue Lake, Onawa, Monona County, IA)* 
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
Nine Eagles Beach (Davis City, Decatur County, IA)*
Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama 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.

Note: Saylorville’s Oak Grove Beach is still closed due to high water. Monitoring has been suspended for the 2024 season at Lake Keomah due to renovation activities.

*Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program

The Iowa Environmental Council releases the data from the DNR digital in the Water Watch email on Friday.

(contributed information, IEC)