Part Of Lake Closed In Bella Vista
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
For the second year in a row, part of a
lake in the retirement community of Bella Vista is closed to
swimming and wading because of high levels of E. coli bacteria.
Signs have been posted on Lake Avalon from the west shoreline to
the lake`s first no-wake buoy. No contact with the water will be
allowed at the boat launch ramp and the boat mooring section out to
the no-wake buoy.
High levels of E. coli bacteria were detected in the lake July
24th. Officials have not determined the source of the
contamination.
All other areas of the lake, along with other lakes, have been
tested and found to be normal.
Last year, fecal coliform was found in both Lake Avalon and Lake
Windsor with levels six to seven times the state standard. Both
Lake Brittany and Lake Norwood also exceeded the acceptable level
of fecal coliform contamination.
