DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has passed along the list of beaches that have received advisories for this week. There are a dozen and Brushy Creek has some additional issues.
There are 12 beach advisories for the week of 7/28
11 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Black Hawk Beach (Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
Bob White Beach (Allerton, Wayne County, IA)*
Emerson Bay Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lake Keomah Beach (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA)*
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
Nine Eagles Beach (Davis City, Decatur County, IA)*
North Overlook Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*
Whitebreast Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
1 Beach with a Microcystin Advisory:
Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster 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 list of advisories is made available by the Iowa DNR and the Iowa Environmental Council includes the information with their electronic Weekly Water Watch press release.
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