Water at three public beaches on Bohners Lake in the Town of Burlington tested as poor in quality today prompting a warning from the Western Racine County Health Department.
The three beaches – Aukes, Leach and the Bohners Lake Public Beach – have water with bacteria levels that could cause illness.
To limit potential exposure to the bacteria, health officials are warning people not to ingest the water and to bathe after swimming.
The water at the three beaches will be tested daily until the quality is considered good.
This is the first water advisory issued by the WRCHD this year. The department monitors the water at beaches on Bohners Lake and Browns Lake weekly during the summer.
For updates on the water testing, click here and then click on the ‘Environmental Health’ >’Public Beaches’ tabs.
Bacteria counts typically rise after large rainfalls due to the runoff washing bird droppings and other contaminants into the water.
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IT’s a shame we had all this Flooding this Time of the Yr., perfect timing with the 4th comming…, But We needed the water…
Glad to see our Towns are On top of it..
We don’t need people to be getting Sick and suing …
Wouldn’t be a bad idea to Be Selling Ear Plugs and have Shower Systems at the Beach to Hose off after swimming, like they do in Fla. Beaches?
And Don’t have your Dog Go Swimming in a Lake Anytime.. Like Kids, They don’t know anybetter not to swallow the water and Bad for their Ears to get Infections..