The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a warning for Lebo Kids Pond after the discovery of blue-green algae.
The warning follows the recent announcement that algae had been discovered in the water body. Upon the discovery, the city of Lebo closed Kids Pond and it will remain closed until further notice.
Whenever KDHE issues warnings, it advises people to take certain precautions:
*Avoid areas where algae is visible
*Clean fish and rinse with clean water. Eat only the fillet portion and throw out all other parts.
*Do not drink or even contact untreated lake water
*Do not eat dried algae or let pets consume dried algae
*Wash with clean water as soon as possible if people or pets come in contact with algae
Kids Pond is not the only area body of water to be affected as algae has been visually detected at the Melvern Lake Outlet Pond. No warning has been issued for Outlet River Pond. Testing is underway but final results may not be known until Aug. 1. Warning signs are being erected around the pond for precautionary purposes.
Blue-green algae is highly toxic to people and pets.
1 pm Thursday: Blue-green algae reported at Melvern Lake’s Outlet River Pond, Lebo Kids Pond
Blue-green algae is becoming an issue at different lakes and ponds in central and northeast Kansas. Now two area bodies of water are affected.
Algae has been visually detected in the Melvern Lake Outlet River Pond, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers. The city of Lebo says Lebo Kids Pond is also impacted.
At Outlet River Pond, testing is underway but final results may not be known until Aug. 1. Warning signs are being erected around the pond for precautionary purposes. The city of Lebo has closed Kids Pond until further notice, and people are told not to enter or fish in the pond — or let dogs get in and drink the water.
Official warnings have not been announced by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in either case as of yet. Whenever KDHE issues warnings, it advises people to take certain precautions:
*Avoid areas where algae is visible
*Clean fish and rinse with clean water. Eat only the fillet portion and throw out all other parts.
*Do not drink or even contact untreated lake water
*Do not eat dried algae or let pets consume dried algae
*Wash with clean water as soon as possible if people or pets come in contact with algae
Blue-green algae is highly toxic to people and pets.
