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EPA Recommends New Water Quality Standard for Microcystin

posted 5/31/2019
The Environmental Protection Agency recently published their recommendation for microcystin recreational water quality criteria. The suggested criteria reflect the latest scientific knowledge on the potential human health effects from recreational exposure to microcystin.

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Summer Beach Advisories Have Arrived

posted 5/24/2019
Summer beach season has arrived, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) beach monitoring has begun. Already this season, there are four (4) swimming advisories for E. coli contamination in Iowa state park lakes. The DNR conducts weekly monitoring of 39 state park beaches for E. coli and microcystin

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