DES MOINES, Iowa—The Labor Day Holiday will signify the traditional end of summer and many people won’t be able to enjoy it at the state’s beaches. The Weekly Water Watch, released by the Iowa Environmental Council, contains the data from testing done in the past week by the Iowa DNR. The number of beaches with advisories has increased.

There are 18 beach advisories for the week of 9/1

15 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster County, IA)*
Crandall’s Beach (Big Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA)*
Emerson Bay Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)*
Gull Point Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lake Keomah Beach (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA)*
Lake Macbride (Solon, Johnson County, IA)*
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
Nine Eagles Beach (Davis City, Decatur County, IA)*
North Twin Lake East Beach (Rockwell City, Calhoun, 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)*
Whitebreast Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**

3 Beaches with a Microcystin Advisory:
Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster County, IA)*
Green Valley Beach (Creston, Union County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington 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 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 Weekly Water Watch is released by the IEC electronically on Friday’s during the summer.

(contributed information, IEC)