As the holiday weekend approaches, you may be planning a trip to a local beach. But, Tuesday night many local beaches are closed. Why are they closed and will they open in time for the holiday?

Kelli Kruzel went to Woodlawn Beach Tuesday with her friend and family, but they could only sit and look at the water.

Kelli Kruzel, Lancaster, said, "When we entered the guy actually told us and we were kind of upset but we wanted to come out to the beach it was nice and it's not raining or anything like it has been."

The Genesee County Health Department says Darien Lake State Park's beach is closed because of results of water quality tests. The next test will be conducted Wednesday morning.

Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Anthony Billitier says Monday's rain is actually the reason many beaches are closed to swimming Tuesday. "They have to close if there's half an inch or more of rain in a 24 hour period either at the beach or upstream from the beach, until we can prove that the water is not contaminated."

Dr. Scott Zimmerman, Director of Laboratories, said, "The fact that we sit at the far eastern end of Lake Erie, we have westerly prevailing winds :00 which drive everything and anything towards our end of the lake. The contamination we're looking for is actually fecal contamination, and so we're looking for raw sewage kind of remnants, not in high quantities, but at least in microscopic quantities."

Dr. Zimmerman says it wouldn't be worth the risks to swim in contaminated water. "The risks include a variety of types of infections, gastrointestinal infections, skin infections, ear, nose, eye infections."

One mom appreciates the warnings, even if it means no swimming for a few days.

Sue Alessandra, Lancaster, said, "You don't want to go in the water and take any chances, I think it's good that they keep testing it, it's disappointing that we've had so much rain and they had to close the beach."