DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has released it’s Weekly Water Watch using data collected by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources during testing during the week. Boone County Conservation announced this week that testing has shown that the lake at the Don Williams Recreational Area is no longer in the E. coli Advisory catagory.

There are 15 beach advisories for the week of 7/5

11 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)*
Denison Beach (Black Hawk Lake, Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lake Manawa Beach (Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA)* 
Lake of Three Fires Beach (Bedford, Taylor County, IA)* 
Lewis and Clark Beach (Blue Lake, Onawa, Monona County, IA)*
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
Prairie Rose Beach (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)* 
Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*

4 Beaches with a Microcystin Advisory:
Big Creek Beach (Polk City, Polk County, IA)* 
Lake Ahquabi Beach (Indianola, Warren County, IA)*  
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*  

6 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: Due to flooding and high waters, the following beaches were not tested: Saylorville’s Oak Grove Beach, George Wyth Beach, Crandalls Beach, Marble Beach, Orleans City Beach, Triboji Beach, Pikes Point Beach, Gull Point Beach, and Emerson Bay Beach.

*Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program

The Iowa Environmental Council releases it’s Weekly Water Watch, digitally on Fridays.

(contributed press release, IEC)