TOWN OF LINN – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is responding Friday to a manure discharge to a tributary in Walworth County that is impacting Geneva Lake.
Following Friday morning’s rain and 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 entered Geneva Lake via an unnamed tributary on the south end of Geneva Lake.
The DNR is warning 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.