Health Question Re; The Lake

Dear Brian,
We also wanted to thank you for this valuable blog.

We are new owners on Lake Koshkonong and we really appreciate being able to read your blog to find out what's happening on and around the lake; especially since we live down in Illinois.

What information do you have about the toxicity levels in the lake?

We haven't seen much on your blog about this but we've heard rumors about this from locals. Even if we can go out on the lake, is the lake safe to swim in? Is it even safe to get the water on your skin? We've heard that there are high levels of e-coli in the lake and this obviously concerns us even after the "slow no wake" is lifted.

Based on our reading of your blog over the last couple of weeks, it looks like there still isn't any specific and official report on removing the "slow no wake" on Koshkonong. Have we misunderstood this or missed this?

Sincerely,
Mark & Geri Rissman
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