Beach Testing Results

McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) conducted beach water samplings at 38 licensed beaches on Thursday, July 18th.  Sampling results are as follows, due to elevated bacteria levels:

 Lookout Point, Wonder Lake - OPEN

 Wooded Shores, Wonder Lake - OPEN

 Wonder Woods 1, Wonder Lake – OPEN

Shore Hills Beach, Wonder Lake – CLOSED (resampling today, July 19th)

To prevent illness associated with swimming, all licensed beaches on the 13 lakes in McHenry County are tested every 2 weeks for E. coli throughout the summer to determine water quality.  Additional and more frequent sampling is done when elevated bacterial levels are found.    

Water sampling results are reported to the appropriate beach authorities. MCDH will post an advisory or closed signage for beaches with elevated E. coli results.

 All beach water results and locations are readily available at the MCDH webpage www.mcdh.info (click Environmental Health, quick links, “beach testing results”) or call 815-334-4585