Sunny days with less rainfall have helped clear up some of the bacteria problems in the water at Iowa park beaches. Mary Skopec oversees the water testing program for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. She says you should be careful about swimming if there is rain in the area of your beach.

While the sunny weather has cleared up some of the bacteria, the clear conditions can lead to problems with algae.

Skopec says if you see green scum on the water, avoid the algae. She says pets are also vulnerable to the blue-green algae and should be kept out of the algae scums. Beaches with high levels of bacteria this week are: Backbone Lake, Denison Beach on Black Hawk Lake, Lake Geode and Lake Macbride. For more information and the results of the beach monitoring, go to. www.iowadnr.gov.