DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has released it’s Weekly Water Watch, using data collected by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources from testing water at beaches located at state parks. This week the number of advisories was up to 15 beaches.

There are 15 beach advisories for the week of 8/30

14 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*
Big Creek Beach (Polk City, Polk County, IA)* 
Clear Lake Beach (Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*
Crandall’s Beach (Big Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA)*
Emerson Bay Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)* 
Lake Ahquabi Beach (Indianola, Warren County, IA)*  
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lake of Three Fires Beach (Bedford, Taylor County, IA)* 
McIntosh Woods Beach (Clear Lake, Ventura, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*
Nine Eagles Beach (Davis City, Decatur County, IA)*
North Overlook Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
Sugar Bottom Campground Beach (Coralville Lake, Coralville, Johnson County, IA)**
Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*
West Overlook Beach (Coralville Lake, Coralville, Johnson County, IA)** 

1 Beach with a Microcystin Advisory:
Lake Anita Beach (Anita, Cass County, IA)*

1 City and County Beach exceeds the state’s advisory threshold for E. coli.*
View the map on our website to see where.

Note: Lake Keomah has been completely drained for lake renovations activities and the beach is closed for the remainder of the season. Oak Grove Beach at Saylorville Lake remains closed due to flooding. DNR advises to avoid the Des Moines River due to wastewater discharge.

*Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program
**Data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

The Weekly Water Watch is released digitally on Fridays by the Iowa Environmental Council.

(contributed press release, IEC)