Swim ban notifications

From Memorial Day to Labor Day, daily information is available about local Lake Michigan and inland lake swim bans at the Lake County Health Department website http://health.lakecountyil.gov/Population/. Swim ban information is also available at a free phone application through the Great Lakes Commission. myBeachCast is available at http://glin.net/beachcast/ for beaches in the eight Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. The phone app not only tells whether the beach is open or closed, but also provides the temperature, humidity, visibility and wind speed at each beach. The health department's Lakes Management Unit monitors more than 100 Lake Michigan and inland lake beaches throughout the summer to ensure the water is acceptable for swimming and samples 13 lake beaches four days a week. The Web page is updated daily by 10 a.m. For information on beach monitoring call (847) 377-8030.