DeWitt Park Beach on Silver Lake is closed to swimming and Paddock Hooker Lakes Association beach on Paddock Lake is on a swim caution after water tests on Monday showed elevated levels of E.coli there.
The State Department of Health recommends posting warnings at beaches when the test results indicate a E.coli level of 235/100mL or more and closing a beach when test results exceed E.coli 1000/100mL.
The test results that produced the closure and caution were:
- DeWitt Park beach on Silver Lake — 1,986 E.coli/100 mL
- PHLA on Paddock Lake — 649 E.coli/100 mL
The above locations are set to be resampled Tuesday.
Other results from Monday as reported by the Kenosha County Division of Health (except where noted) are:
Salem Lakes –Silver Lake County Park beach 133 E.coli/100 mL; Lake Shangri La #1 27 E.coli/100 mL; Center Lake 7 E.coli/100 mL; Camp Lake: 20 E.coli/100 mL; Hooker Boat Launch: 18 E.coli/100 mL.
Paddock Lake — Old Settlers County Park on Paddock Lake 15 E.coli/10; Hoag Park 28 E.coli/100 mL; North Shore Association: 7 E.coli/100 mL; PHLA Diving Board 20 E.coli/100 mL.
Wheatland — Lilly Lake 16 E.coli/100 mL.
Twin Lakes — Lance Park on Lake Mary 22 E.coli/100 mL.
