HUMBOLDT — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a stream advisory for an unnamed tributary of Neosho River near Humboldt.
Water samples show no health risk associated with the river, according to a KDHE press release. Water contact in the river is now deemed safe.
The advisory was issued Nov. 12, as a result of an improvement project at the city of Humboldt’s wastewater plant and the replacement of the city’s disinfection system.
The city replaced its UV disinfection system, the final stage of wastewater treatment before being discharged into a small creek feeding the Neosho, Humboldt City Administrator Cole Herder said.
Sewage was contained in a holding lagoon while the work was ongoing.
