A beach near Headlands International Dark Sky Park and a beach at Littlefield Park are under E. coli advisories.
The levels are not high enough to warrant beach closures, but swimmers are advised to not go into the water past their waist.
Jeremy Fruk is the director of environmental health at the Health Department of Northwest Michigan. He said the advisories will not likely last very long.
“In most cases, they tend to last for 48 hours. UV light, that’s sunlight, will kill E. coli," he said. "Any wave action or wind will actually dilute it.”
Fruk said the E. coli at the beaches is likely from geese or seagulls and high amounts of rain. The health department will announce the updated E. coli levels tomorrow.
People can see current E. coli- related beach closures and advisories on Michigan BeachGuard.
