DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has passed along the weekly report on the condition of public beaches. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources handles the testing and then releases the results.
There are 8 beach advisories for the week of 6/30
6 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Black Hawk Beach (Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
George Wyth Beach (Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA)*
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
Marble Beach (Big Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA)*
McIntosh Woods Beach (Clear Lake, Ventura, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*
Prairie Rose Beach (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)*
2 Beaches with a Microcystin Advisory:
Brushy Creek Beach (Lehigh, Webster 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 Iowa Environmental Council releases the information weekly during the summer through their digital release Weekly Water Watch.
(contributed information, IEC)
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