{"id":5957,"date":"2022-07-21T12:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=5957"},"modified":"2022-07-21T12:19:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:19:35","slug":"dnr-warns-water-may-not-be-safe-at-multiple-iowa-beaches","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/news\/dnr-warns-water-may-not-be-safe-at-multiple-iowa-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"DNR warns water may not be safe at multiple Iowa beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iowans looking to escape the heat this week are being greeted by warnings at nearly a dozen state beaches saying \u201cswimming not recommended\u201d or \u201cswimming discouraged\u201d due to high levels of E. coli in the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoutine water quality monitoring is conducted at all of the State Park beaches and many locally managed beaches in Iowa,\u201d says the Iowa DNR Beach Advisory website, \u201cIn order to help protect the health of those wishing to recreate at the beaches, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources works with various public health and management agencies throughout the state to inform the public of the most current water quality conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowadnr.gov\/things-to-do\/beach-monitoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DNR\u2019s Beach Monitoring<\/a>, swimming is not recommended at the following beaches:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backbone Beach, Backbone State Park<\/li>\n<li>Beed\u2019s Lake Beach, Beed\u2019s Lake State Park<\/li>\n<li>Black Hawk Beach, Black Hawk State Park<\/li>\n<li>Big Creek Beach, Big Creek State Park<\/li>\n<li>Emerson Bay Beach, Emerson Bay State Recreation Area<\/li>\n<li>Geode Lake Beach, Geode State Park<\/li>\n<li>George Wyth Beach, George Wyth Memorial State Park<\/li>\n<li>Green Valley Beach, Green Valley State Park<\/li>\n<li>Lake Darling Beach, Lake Darling State Park<\/li>\n<li>Pine Lake South Beach, Pine Lake State Park<\/li>\n<li>Prairie Rose Beach, Prairie Rose State Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The DNR has also closed the beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park because a Missouri resident, who has since died,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who13.com\/news\/missouri-swimmer-likely-infected-with-amoeba-in-iowa-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was likely infected with a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in the lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article by Who 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/who13.com\/news\/iowans-warned-the-water-is-not-safe-at-9-state-beaches\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowans looking to escape the heat this week are being greeted by warnings at nearly a dozen state beaches saying \u201cswimming not recommended\u201d or \u201cswimming discouraged\u201d due to high levels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-5957","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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