It isn't new for the Environmental Agency to regular test lake water, but they will now be required to post a sign publically on a weekly basis indicating current safety levels

Although the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency has been
testing Lake water for safety for years, they will begin placing signs at the
entrance to the municipal beaches this summer, as reviewed by the Fontana
Village Board at last Monday’s meeting. The
signs will post the current level of bacteria in the lake and be color coded; a
green sign would indicate the water is safe, a yellow one denotes a higher than
normal level of bacteria, and a red sign would warn visitors that the beach is
closed due to the bacteria level being very high. This system has arisen due to a new state law
that requires that bacteria levels in Lake water should be publically posted.

To keep the data current on a weekly basis throughout the
summer, the Lake water will be tested early on Mondays, starting the week
before Memorial Day and ending the week after Labor Day; if the results seem
higher than normal they will continue to test water every 24 hours until
normalcy exists again so as not to keep the beaches closed longer than
necessary. 

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