They make the water cloudy and ugly. They also make boats and swimmers cloudy and ugly. And they reduce fish populations. The pollution has prompted the Sedgwick County Commission to launch an Afton cleanup. The county and the local conservation district are putting together a Friends of Lake Afton program similar to the city of Wichita's cleanup program at Cheney Reservoir.
Landowners try to identify and fix the problems themselves.
But this is not just a problem of water pollution spawned by Afton's neighbors. The park's many visitors also contribute mightily to the mess. Stuff gets blown around by the wind, but what's really bad is the stuff that washes up on the shore. Spring may not be just around the corner yet, but cheers to the County Commission for launching the pollution cleanup. And boos to trashy park visitors until they launch a people cleanup.