Two McHenry County beaches closed

Two beaches in McHenry County have been closed after tests conducted by the McHenry County Department of Health found elevated bacteria levels.

The two closed beaches are Indian Trails at Woods Creek Lake in Lake in the Hills, and Wonder Woods 4, 5200 Wonder Woods Drive, in Wonder Lake. Also, Veterans Park beach, 332 W. State Road in Island Lake is under advisory status, health department officials said.

The beach water samplings were conducted Wednesday at 37 licensed beaches. These beaches will be re-sampled. To prevent illness associated with swimming, all licensed beaches on the 13 lakes in McHenry County are tested every two weeks for E. coli throughout the summer to determine water quality. Additional and more frequent sampling is done when elevated bacterial levels are found.

All beach water results and locations are readily available at the MCDH webpage www.mcdh.info (click Environmental Health, quick links, “beach testing results.”) Call (815) 334-4585 for more information.