DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has released the Weekly Water Watch which list 13 beaches as having advisories. The information is taken from the test results from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
There are 13 beach advisories for the week of 8/23
12 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:
Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*
Big Creek Beach (Polk City, Polk County, IA)*
Clear Lake Beach (Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*
Crandall’s Beach (Big Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA)*
Lake Ahquabi Beach (Indianola, Warren County, IA)*
Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin 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)**
Sugar Bottom Campground Beach (Coralville Lake, Coralville, Johnson County, IA)**
Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*
1 Beach with a Microcystin Advisory:
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.
Note: Lake Keomah has been completely drained for lake renovations activities and the beach is closed for the remainder of the season. Oak Grove Beach at Saylorville Lake remains closed due to flooding.
*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 on beach advisories on Friday’s with the digital release of it’s Weekly Water Watch.
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