DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council’s Weekly Water Watch shows the number of beach advisories is down this week. The advisories recently have been related to exposure of E. coli.

There are 2 beach advisories for the week of 6/16

2 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
McIntosh Woods Beach (Clear Lake, Ventura, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*

3 City and County Beaches exceed the state’s advisory threshold for E. coli.*
View the map on our website to see where they are.

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

The Iowa Environmental Council releases the date from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources weekly during the season through their digital press release.

(contributed information IEC)