More Kansas lakes added to KDHE blue-green algae advisory

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has added two more lakes to the blue-green algae advisory on Friday.

The advisory, which is updated and released every Friday, also had two Kansas lakes lifted from the advisory: Horsethief Reservoir, Hodgeman County and River Pond (Tuttle Creek State Park), Pottawatomie and Riley Counties.

The KDHE releases its advisory each week and is broken into three levels: hazard , warning and watch . So far this year, no lakes have been in the hazard advisory.

Here are the Kansas lakes currently in the warning advisory:

  • Gathering Pond, Geary County
  • Harvey County East Lake, Harvey County
  • Lake Afton, Sedgwick County
  • Melvern Outlet River Pond, Osage County

Here are the Kansas lakes currently in the watch advisory:

  • Amesbury Lake, Johnson County (Added Aug. 23)
  • Atchison City Lake #8, Atchison County
  • Atchison State Fishing Lake, Atchison County
  • Augusta City Lake, Butler County (Added Aug. 23)
  • Cedar Lake, Johnson County
  • Eagle Lake (Bel Aire), Sedgwick County
  • King Lake, Lyon County
  • Lake Shawnee, Shawnee County
  • Louisburg City Lake, Miami County
  • Melvern Outlet Swim Pond, Osage County
  • Sabetha City Lake, Nemaha County

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