State health officials are urging residents to avoid part of the MS “Mitch” Mitchell Floodway near Haysville after a sewer overflowed, exposing the waterway to potentially elevated levels of E. coli bacteria and other contaminants.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a stream advisory Tuesday afternoon for the affected Haysville Big Ditch area, which stretches east of the Haysville South Seneca Street bridge until it meets the Arkansas River just west of Derby.
For the duration of the advisory, residents and animals should avoid swimming in or drinking from the waterway…