DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has passed along the list of beaches in the state that have warning issued following the release of test results by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
There are 14 beach advisories for the week of 7/21
9 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*
Black Hawk Beach (Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
Emerson Bay Beach (West Okoboji Lake, Milford, Dickinson County, IA)*
Lake Keomah Beach (Oskaloosa, Mahaska 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)**
Whitebreast Beach (Lake Red Rock, Pella, Marion County, IA)**
1 Beach with a Microcystin Advisory:
Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster County, IA)*
2 Beaches with E. coli and Microcystin Advisories:
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
4 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 Weekly Water Watch electronically on Fridays.
(contributed press release, IEC)
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