WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment added one Kansas lake and elevated another to warning status in its latest blue-green algae advisory on Friday.
The advisory — released every Friday — includes 12 Kansas lakes. Six are listed under the warning advisory, while the other six are listed under the watch advisory.
The KDHE breaks the advisory into three different sections: hazard , warning and watch . So far in 2024, no Kansas lake has been under the hazard section.
Augusta City Lake in Butler County was lifted from the advisory.
Here are the Kansas lakes currently on the warning list:
- Atchison City Lake #8, Atchison County
- Harvey County East Lake, Harvey County
- King Lake, Lyon County (Elevated Sept. 27)
- Lake Afton, Sedgwick County
- Melvern Outlet River Pond, Osage County
- Melvern Outlet Swim Pond, Osage County
Here are the Kansas lakes currently on the watch list:
- Amesbury Lake, Johnson County
- Atchison State Fishing Lake, Atchison County
- Eagle Lake (Bel Aire), Sedgwick County
- Lake Shawnee, Shawnee County
- Pratt County Lake, Pratt County
- Rose’s Pond (Lenexa), Johnson County (Added Sept. 27)