TRAVERSE CITY — The Grand Traverse County Health Department has issued a no-body contact advisory for parts of West Grand Traverse Bay and connected waterways following a sewage release Monday evening.

According to the department, about 500 gallons of untreated sewage entered Kids Creek through a stormwater drain outlet near Cedar and Sixth streets at about 8:30 p.m. Aug. 18. The discharge occurred during a construction project to repair a sewer main.

The advisory covers Kids Creek from the Sixth Street bridge to its confluence with the Boardman River near Wadsworth Street, the Boardman/Ottaway River from Wadsworth Street to the mouth of West Grand Traverse Bay, as well as Clinch Park Beach and Sunset Park Beach.

Residents and visitors are advised to avoid swimming, wading and paddling

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