Iowa Environmental Council Issues Weekly Water Watch

DES MOINES, Iowa—The checklist of public seashores receiving advisory this weekend has expanded and at the least one is closed to swimming.

There are 12 seaside advisories for the week of seven/8

11 Seashores with an E. coli-related Advisory:
Spine Seashore (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*
Beed’s Lake Seashore (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*
Large Creek Seashore (Polk Metropolis, Polk County, IA)*
Black Hawk Seashore (Lake View, Sac County, IA)*
George Wyth Seashore (Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA)*
Lake Darling Seashore (Brighton, Washington County, IA)*
Lake Manawa Seashore (Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA)*
Lewis and Clark (Blue Lake) Seashore (Onawa, Monona County, IA)*
Decrease Pine Lake Seashore (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*
Prairie Rose Seashore (Harlan, Shelby County, IA)*
West Overlook Seashore (Coralville Lake, Coralville, Johnson County, IA)**

1 Seashore with a Microcystin-related Advisory:
McIntosh Woods Seashore (Clear Lake, Ventura, Cerro Gordo County, IA)*

1 Seashore Closing:
Lake of Three Fires is quickly closed for swimming.
A Missouri resident that not too long ago swam in Lake of Three Fires has a confirmed an infection from Naegleria fowleri, generally referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba.” The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention and the Iowa Division of Well being and Human Providers are testing the lake to substantiate whether or not or not the amoeba is current. The method will take a number of days and the seaside will stay closed throughout that point.

*Information from the Iowa DNR State Park Seashore Monitoring Program
**Information from the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

The Iowa Environmental Council makes the data obtainable as a part of their digital Weekly Water Watch.