DES MOINES, Iowa — Swimming is not recommended at over a dozen Iowa beaches. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources report suggests avoiding these 14 beaches, all of which have E. coli levels that are too high and indicate other bacteria. They are as follows:
- Backbone Beach
- Beeds Lake Beach
- Blue Lake Beach
- Bobwhite State Park
- Denison Beach
- Lake Ahquabi Beach
- Lake Darling Beach
- Lake Manawa Beach
- Lake of Three Fires Beach
- McIntosh Woods Beach
- Nine Eagles Beach
- Pleasant Creek Beach
- Prairie Rose Beach
- Union Grove Beach
Last week, swimming was not recommended at 12 Iowa beaches. The DNR conducts weekly tests at more than three dozen public swimming beaches between the week before Memorial Day through Labor Day.
