DNR Monitoring Manure Spill in Walworth County

TOWN OF LINN, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is responding to a manure discharge to an unnamed tributary in Walworth County that is impacting Geneva Lake.

On March 6, in response to rain in the area of a recent manure application by Merry-Water Farms, DNR staff conducted a site visit and observed manure running off farm fields near the intersection of S Lakeshore Drive and Linn Road in the Town of Linn. The manure discharge has entered Geneva Lake via an unnamed tributary on the south end of Geneva Lake.

The DNR advises members of the public to avoid activities that may result in incidental ingestion of water from Geneva Lake or the unnamed tributary in the Town of Linn.

DNR staff are on site to monitor the situation as the farm works to address the discharge.

For more information on manure spills and prevention, visit the DNR’s Manure Spills webpage.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.