
Tom Stiles, director of water for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, checks Lake Shawnee outside Topeka, where a sewage leak in early summer led to an algal bloom. It was weeks before the threat passed. Credit: Jeff Tuttle
Tom Stiles, director of water for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, checks Lake Shawnee outside Topeka, where a sewage leak in early summer led to an algal bloom. It was weeks before the threat passed. Credit: Jeff Tuttle