McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) conducted beach water samplings at licensed beaches on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Results are as follows--
Advisory
Lake Park Beach, 300 Lake Shore Drive, Crystal Lake
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. MCDH recommends refraining from swimming at least 2-3 days after heavy rainfall.
Water sampling results are reported to the appropriate beach authorities. Beaches that require an advisory or closing are posted with signs by MCDH. All beach water results and locations are readily available at the Department’s webpage at http://www.mcdh.info/, by phone 815-334-4585 or email health@co.mchenry.il.us.
It should be noted that the likely cause of the beach closing is the many feathered visitors to the lake known as geese. For more information on the matter, visit the Lake Management meeting being conducted by the Crystal Lake Park Board at 7:30 pm Thursday, September 7 at Park Place, 460 Woodstock Street, Crystal Lake.
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