August 15, 2024

Following up our concern over E.coli levels, our BLA crew resampled four spots on Tuesday, August 13. Samples were taken at Winged Deer Park, Pickens Bridge, Point 17, and the Boone Dam area. Following E.coli test kit procedures, all samples tested well within recreational criteria. TDEC has been notified of the current results.

Your BLA crew is the only organization that samples Boone Lake water quality on a continuing basis. Since spring, our samples throughout Boone Lake have been well within recreational criteria with the only exception reported last week. Our current samples show that those areas have returned to normal, low to no E.coli conditions and well within the TDEC standards for recreation. We will continue to monitor the water quality of Boone Lake and though we have no authority to act on any concerns we will continue to notify appropriate agencies of any deviation from established criteria.