Porter Beach

Westchester, Indiana

Managed by Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide

Porter Beach is an ideal place to watch raptor migrations in March and April, especially from the high dunes. There are restrooms and a swimming beach.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 18th, 2021. Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on August 20th, 2021 at 2:52 PM.

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Current Weather

22°C

Clear and sunny

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Source Information

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) implements the Lake Michigan Beach Monitoring and Notification Program in partnership with beach managers and their staff who collect and test water samples from Lake Michigan beaches. Health departments in Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties test Indiana beaches from May to September. Some beaches are tested daily, some several times a week, and some are tested weekly. When the information is posted to Indiana's BeachGuard webpage, Swim Drink Fish updates Swim Guide.

Indiana beaches are posted when a single sample exceeds 235 E. coli / 100 ml.

In the USA, the Environmental Protection Agency has two sets of recommendations for freshwater and marine beaches. A single sample at a freshwater beach should not exceed 235 E. coli / 100 ml of water. A single sample at a marine beach should not exceed 104 Enterococci / 100 ml of water. The geometric mean of 5 samples from a freshwater beach should not exceed 126 E. coli / 100 ml of water. The geometric mean of 5 samples from a marine beach should not exceed 35 Enterococci / 100 ml of water. States may choose to use this standard or they may substitute a standard that is "as protective as" the EPA's recommendation. The Beach Act is the nation's primary beach protection law.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Central Beach Michigan City, Indiana	Michigan City, Indiana	Current Status
Indiana Dunes State Park East Beach Chesterton, Indiana	Chesterton, Indiana	Current Status
Indiana Dunes State Park West Beach Chesterton, Indiana	Chesterton, Indiana	Historical Status
Kemil Beach Michigan City, Indiana	Michigan City, Indiana	Historical Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Central Beach

Michigan City, Indiana

Current Status

Indiana Dunes State Park East Beach

Chesterton, Indiana

Current Status

Indiana Dunes State Park West Beach

Chesterton, Indiana

Historical Status

Kemil Beach

Michigan City, Indiana

Historical Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.