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)
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