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The beach at Cherry Creek Reservoir reopened at 1:15 p.m. Thursday after levels of E. coli bacteria in the water dropped well below dangerous levels.
The beach was closed Tuesday, Wednesday and this morning after recent rains flushed storm water from surrounding neighborhoods into the lake. The storm water contained various pollutants, including fecal material that raised the E. coli levels as high as 410 parts per 100 milliliters.
State law requires beaches to be shut down when required testing detects more than 235 E. coli organisms swirling in a 100-milliliter sample.
