Gene Coulon Beach in Renton has reopened for public swimming, giving locals a viable spot to swim during this warm September weather.

On Sept. 2, King County released its most recent bacteria testing results for the local lakes’ swimming beaches and Gene Coulon has the green light.

According to the King County website, water testing at Gene Coulon Beach — the most southern swimming beach in Lake Washington — previously showed that bacteria levels were above the threshold of 320 bacteria per 100 milliliters of sample water on Aug. 19. Due to those high bacteria levels, the county closed the beach for swimming.

When bacteria results are above 320 bacteria per 100 milliliters of sample water, that is when bacteria levels are considered high. If two of the three bacteria samples (labeled “S

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