“At a marine beach we look for enterococci and at freshwater beaches we look for e coli,” Jun Naotsuka, the beach safety and sewage monitoring lead for King County Public Health, said.

It's no surprise the idyllic white sand beaches in Florida and Hawaii took the top spots on the list. However, the state of Michigan has many freshwater beaches that welcome millions of visitors ...

Lake Michigan, the only one of the five Great Lakes entirely within the United States, spans the western coast of Michigan 's Lower Peninsula, providing state residents with fantastic beaches to ...