OSAGE COUNTY (KSNT) – A Northeast Kansas lake under review by state health officials for potentially toxic amounts of blue-green algae is now classified at a safer level. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) previously warned that Melvern Lake in Osage County contained unsafe amounts of blue-green algae earlier this month. The lake […]
Melvern Lake remains the only lake in the state this week under a Kansas Department of Health and Environment blue-green algae watch. The Osage County lake was put under a public health advisory last week, with that warning downgraded to a watch on March 11.
A watch status means that blue-green a
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) announced the blue-green algae warning at Melvern Lake has been reduced to Watch status on Wednesday, May 11.
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