DeWitt Park Beach on Silver Lake and Rock Lake are closed to swimming and Paddock Hooker Lakes Association beach is under a swim caution after testing by Kenosha County Public Health showed elevated E.coli levels at those locations.
The State Department of Health recommends posting warnings at beaches when test results indicate an E.coli level of 235/100mL or more and closing a beach when test results exceed E.coli 1000/100mL.
The results that prompted the closures and caution were:
- DeWitt Park beach – 1,986 E.coli/100 mL
- PHLA – 361 E.coli/100 mL
- Rock Lake – 1,203 E.coli/100 mL
These sites were scheduled to be retested Tuesday.
Other testing results from this week as reported by the Kenosha County Division of Health (except where noted) are:
Salem Lakes – Silver Lake County Park beach 11 E.coli/100 mL; Silver Lake DeWitt Park 1,986 E.coli/100mL; Lake Shangri-la 220th Ct. 6 E.coli/100 mL; Center Lake 2 E.coli/100 mL; Camp Lake 96 E.coli/100 mL; Hooker Lake Boat Launch 5 E.coli/100 mL; Rock Lake 1,203 E.coli/100mL.
Paddock Lake — Old Settlers County Park beach 23 E.coli/100 mL; Hoag Park 46 E.coli/100 mL; North Shore Association 6 E.coli/100 mL; PHLA beach 361 E.coli/100mL; PHLA Diving Board 22 E.coli/100 mL.
Wheatland — Lilly Lake 3 E.coli/100 mL.
Twin Lakes — Lance Park on Lake Mary 9 E.coli/100 mL
Randall — (as reported by town of Randall) Powers Lake beach 1 E.coli/100 mL
