After the Utah County Health Department reopened Lincoln Beach and its marina on the eastern shores of Utah Lake on Thursday, signs that used to read “DANGER” now say “WARNING.”
It’s an upgrade that comes nearly a month after the department closed the area, including to swimmers, paddlers and sailboaters, due to toxic blue-green algal bloom conditions.
Though test results showed that cyanobacteria concentrations in the lake had dropped low enough for the area to reopen, the levels are still above the threshold for safe human contact, according to a news release from the health department.