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State to begin testing water at beaches

May 25, 2001 By admin

State officials will again begin monitoring water at state park beaches for high bacteria levels this week. Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Liz Shinall says they have a better handle on when a beach is a danger as last year they used E-P-A recommendations on closing beaches last year. This year Shinall says they’ll use five samples to determine if a beach should be closed, calculating the samples together to determine if the level meets EPA standards.She says they’ve discovered that one bad sample doesn’t mean the whole beach is bad.The D-N-R studies found that rainfall can cause bacteria levels to spike up, while good weather causes them to drop. This means water at a beach can show high levels after a rainfall, but quickly return to acceptable levels. Shindig says Iowa beaches are overall pretty safe.She says last year they found the 31 beaches sampled were safe 95-percent of the time. Shinall says you should use common sense when swimming in natural waters, such as not swimming right after a big rainfall.

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