TRAVERSE CITY A couple of beaches in the region showed higher levels of bacteria this week and officials warn, with recent rain, water quality will be affected.

All Grand Traverse County beaches measured in safe ranges of the E. coli bacteria, according to the county health department's weekly beach sampling report.

The report included the lifting of a level 2, partial body contact advisory for Sunset Park beach, which was restricted for a month after a week of elevated levels of E. coli. Levels dropped for the last three weeks but it remained under an advisory until the monthly mean level of bacteria also fell.

Samples from the Northport marina and Beulah Beach on Crystal Lake both showed elevated levels of E. coli, prompting a partial body contact advisory for the beaches, according to the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department's report.

Beaches that tested outside of a safe range of the bacteria were retested Thursday, with results to be completed and released Friday morning.

The report warned that Thursday's rain likely will make for poorer water quality results as rain typically washes more of the bacteria into the water.

The National Weather Service forecasts rain for most of the day Thursday, with new rainfall measuring at about a tenth to a quarter of an inch.

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Two beaches show high E. coli levels; Sunset Park advisory lifted - Traverse City Record Eagle