TOPEKA (KSNT) – City officials have lifted an advisory for Lake Shawnee this week after a recent sewage overflow incident.
The City of Topeka canceled an advisory for a cove at Lake Shawnee on May 11 after receiving guidance from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) on the situation, according to a city spokesman. The KDHE determined the advisory could be taken down based on the continued drop in E. coli levels following recent sampling efforts and on-site reviews.
City officials put the advisory in place on April 27 after heavy rains caused a sanitary sewage overflow from a nearby manhole cover. The city’s advisory impacted a cove on the east side of the Lake just south of Shelter House #4.
The City of Topeka warned locals to avoid contact with water in the cove area out of an abundance of caution. The spill reportedly had no impact on nearby tap water users.
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City officials and the KDHE also issued a separate advisory for the lake’s Adventure Cove area on Jan. 29 this year after a pressurized sewer pipe ruptured near the water. Health officials lifted the health alert for this spill on Feb. 3.
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