Health department lifts both Emmet County beach advisories

EMMET COUNTY — The Health Department of Northwest Michigan has lifted the partial body contact advisories for Wilderness State Park and Mackinaw City Beach.

The advisories previously posted at the beaches have been removed.

The resampling at Wilderness State Park has returned with an E. coli level of 77.9 per 100 milliliters (ml), while the Mackinaw City Beach retest came back with an E. coli level of 37.5 per 100 ml.

E. coli levels testing at 300 or below per 100 ml do not qualify for safety advisories based on Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) water quality standards. Full use of the water is considered safe at both beaches.

The health department posts beach monitoring reports weekly at nwhealth.org/beach-monitoring-program.