DES MOINES, Iowa—Even with rain, little has changed in the condition of the beaches around the state. The Weekly Water Watch from the Iowa Environmental Council, using data from the Iowa DNR and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has released the updated Beach Advisories for this weekend.
There are 14 beach advisories for the week of 8/11
12 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Crandall’s Beach (Big Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, Dickinson 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)*
Lake Macbride (Solon, Johnson 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)*
North Overlook Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
Prairie Rose Beach (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)*
Whitebreast Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
2 Beaches with a Microcystin Advisory:
Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster County, IA)*
North Twin Lake East Beach (Rockwell City, Calhoun, IA)*
5 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 Weekly Water Watch is available from the Iowa Environmental Council is released digitally on Friday’s during the summer.
(Contributed Press Release, IEC)
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