Two-thirds of Iowa’s state park beaches faced “swimming not recommended” advisories at least once this summer, with heavy rains fueling higher bacteria levels that pushed advisories to their highest rate in a decade, according to state monitoring officials and data.
A popular state recreation area near Palo is poised to get new ponds to keep sediment from going into Pleasant Creek Lake, and most of them will be deep enough to make new fishing spots.
Abundant rainfall that washed fecal material into Iowa's lakes likely led to the largest amount of swimming advisories at their beaches in more than a decade.
Officials say there is no danger to the public
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