Advisories issued for lakes, beaches

11 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)*

Denison Beach (Black Hawk Lake, Lake View, Sac County, IA)*

Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*

Lake Manawa Beach (Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA)*

Lake of Three Fires Beach (Bedford, Taylor County, IA)*

Lewis and Clark Beach (Blue Lake, Onawa, Monona County, IA)*

Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*

Prairie Rose Beach (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)*

Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*

4 Beaches with a Microcystin Advisory:

Big Creek Beach (Polk City, Polk County, IA)*

Lake Ahquabi Beach (Indianola, Warren County, IA)*

Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*

Union Grove Beach (Gladbrook, Tama County, IA)*

5 City and County Beaches exceed the state’s advisory threshold for E. coli.*

Note: Due to flooding and high waters, the following beaches were not tested: Saylorville’s Oak Grove Beach, George Wyth Beach, Crandalls Beach, Marble Beach, Orleans City Beach, Triboji Beach, Pikes Point Beach, Gull Point Beach, and Emerson Bay Beach.