All Paddock Lake beaches are either closed or under caution for elevated E.coli levels after testing Thursday.
On Paddock Lake, the Paddock Hooker Lake Association Beach is closed and North Shore Lake Association Beach, Hoag Park Beach and Old Settlers County Park Beach are all under swimming cautions.
Rock Lake is also under a swimming caution.
The State Department of Health recommends posting warnings at beaches when the test results indicate a E.coli level of 300/100ml or more and closing a beach when test results exceed E.coli 1000/100ml.
Results for the above lakes were: Paddock Hooker Lake Association Beach – 2,419 E.coli/100 mL.; Rock Lake – 387 E.coli/100 mL.; North Shore Association – 517 E.coli/100 mL; Old Settlers County Park – 461 E.coli/100 mL; Hoag Park – 236 E.coli/100 mL.
Other testing results from this week are:
- Twin Lakes: Lance Park – 1 E.coli/100 mL.
- Wheatland: Lily Lake – 3 E.coli/100 mL.
- Salem Lakes: Silver Lake – 52 E.coli/100 mL; Camp Lake – 25 E.coli/100 mL; Center Lake – 49 E.coli/100 mL; Lake Shangri-la – 147 E.coli/100 mL.
