Lilly Lake, Silver Lake County Park beach on Silver Lake, Rock Lake and Old Settlers Park Beach on Paddock Lake are closed to swimming and Lance Park on Lake Mary in Twin Lakes is under a swim caution after sampling Monday by Kenosha County showed elevated E.coli levels there.
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.
Results from Monday that prompted the closures and caution were:
- Lilly Lake — greater than 2429 E.coli /100mL
- Silver Lake Park — 1986 E.coli/100mL
- Rock Lake — 1230 E.coli/100mL
- Old Settlers Park Beach — 2419 E.coli/100mL.
- Lance Park beach — 488.0 E.coli/100 mL
Results from testing by Kenosha County on Monday (except where noted) were:
Salem Lakes – Silver Lake County Park beach 1986 E.coli/100 mL; Silver Lake DeWitt Park 78 E.coli/100mL; Lake Shangri-la 220th Ct. 82 E.coli/100 mL; Center Lake 40 E.coli/100 mL; Hooker Lake Boat Launch 205 E.coli/100 mL; Rock Lake 1203 E.coli/100 mL
Paddock Lake — Old Settlers County Park beach 2419 E.coli/100 mL; Hoag Park 194 E.coli/100 mL; North Shore Association 2 E.coli/100 mL; PHLA beach 14 E.coli/100mL; PHLA diving board 127 E.coli/100 mL.
Wheatland — Lilly Lake >2419 E.coli/100 mL.
Twin Lakes — Lance Park on Lake Mary 488 E.coli/100mL.
Randall (reported by District of Powers Lake) — Powers Lake beach 35.4 E.coli/100 mL
