Swimming Reopened at Lake O’ the Pines

JEFFERSON — All seven designated swimming areas at Lake O’ the Pines have been reopened. Test results that came in Thursday resulted in the beaches being reopened. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shut down the swimming areas June 18th after tests revealed unhealthy levels of fecal coliform in the water. Two of the beaches were reopened July 2nd and the others were reopened Thursday. The problem was said to have been caused by the heavy rains about a month ago. The rain is said to have washed litter from chicken and other confined animal feeding operations to the lake shore. Bi-weekly fecal coliform testing in the swimming areas through the end of next month.