DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council provides the advisory information for public beaches in Iowa.  This week’s data includes three beaches dealing with a microcystin-related advisory.

There are 12 beach advisories for the week of 8/20

• 9 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory:
• Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
• George Wyth Beach (Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA)*
• Lake Manawa Beach (Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA)*
• Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin 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)**
• Prairie Rose Beach (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)*
• Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*
• 3 Beaches with a Microcystin-related Advisory:
  Green Valley Beach (Creston, Union County, IA)*
  Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
  Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
• *Data from the Iowa DNR State Park Beach Monitoring Program
  **Data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

(contributed information, Iowa Environmental Council)