UPDATE: How a popular Lake Michigan beach looks after 3,000-gallon sewage leak

TRAVERSE CITY, MI -- A no-contact order has been issued for four popular Traverse City beaches and two waterways after an estimated 3,000 gallons of untreated sewage leaked into Grand Travers Bay Saturday, Upnorthlive reports.

The television station reported the county health department issued an advisory stating a 12-inch main discharged the sewage, but it did not detail how that happened.

The sewage leaked about 2 p.m. Saturday near Cedar Street and the effluent entered West Bay.

The health agency issued no-contact orders for:

• Clinch Park Beach

• Sunset Park Beach

• Bryant Park Beach

• Traverse City Senior Center Beach

• Kids Creek near Cedar Street to the Boardman River

• Boardman River near Wadsworth Street to the mouth of West Grand Traverse Bay

The order will remain in effect until further notice, the Traverse City Ticker reported.



The county has contacted the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and those agencies will work with the city to make repairs.

The public drinking water supply is not affected because it is drawn from East Grand Traverse Bay, Upnorthlive said.