Dane County Executive Joe Parisi recently celebrated the grand opening of the improved beach and lake at the Mendota County Park in time for Memorial Day weekend. They highlighted the new pilot “Clean Beach Corridor” which sets up a protected, clean pool of water within a lake. A barrier is established in the lake adjacent to a beach while a treatment system treats and circulates the water within that corridor, reducing the muck and bacteria that results in beach closures when the weather warms in summer. The project cost was $80,000.

The Dane County Land & Water Resources Department...