The beach at a popular state park has been closed for swimming since early August and will remain so for Labor Day weekend.

The beach at Seven Lakes State Park in Holly Township closed Aug. 5 because of elevated levels of E. coli bacteria.

In Waterford Township, Pontiac Lake Recreation Area’s beach reopened Wednesday, Aug. 27; it had been closed for almost a month because of E. coli readings.

Other smaller beaches across the county, many of them privately owned, have also been closed this summer. In addition to Seven Lakes, there were four beaches on the Oakland County Health Division’s list as of Friday.

To view the list, visit https://www.oakgov.com/home/showpublisheddocument/11972/638901678527381433.

Every summer, the Health Division routinely tests 100 public and private beaches,

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