NEWS – MARCH 31, 2010

For Immediate Release

Contact:
Lori Sand
Johnson County Wastewater
913.715.8572
913.715.8501 (fax)

lori.sand@jcw.org

Johnson County Health Department - News Release

PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY

AVOID CONTACT WITH WATER IN LOWER INDIAN CREEK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

In collaboration with Johnson County Wastewater and Johnson County Environmental departments, the Johnson County Health Department has issued a health advisory to residents living in the area between 105th and Indian Creek and Lamar and Nall, due to a break in a sanitary sewer line at 105th and Lamar in the City of Overland Park. The ditch runs down to Indian Creek, south of the break by a couple of blocks.

Johnson County Wastewater crews are in the process of repairing the line and are monitoring this location to ensure there are no further discharges into the creek. JCW crews will also clean up the area after the repair is made.

The Johnson County Health Department issued an advisory for residents living near the creek, in an area which includes the break to a couple of blocks south. The Health Department advises individuals to have no contact with Lower Indian Creek at this location until further notice. Residents are also advised to keep their pets from making contact with the water.

The Johnson County Environmental Department is conducting water tests on the creek to determine when this notice can be lifted.

For further updates, please call contact Kurt Winters, director of Operations and Maintenance, at (913) 715-8608 or Lori Sand, director of Communications, at (913) 715-8572 or cell (816) 560-6713.

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