{"id":18723,"date":"2026-06-26T08:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=18723"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:44:30","slug":"18723-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/18723-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

June 26, 2026<\/p>\n

For questions about the health advisory, contact:
\n<\/strong>Brian Stanley, Environmental Health Manager, Sr., Cumberland Plateau Health District
\n276-415-3370\u00a0 brian.stanley@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

For questions about the sewer main repairs, contact:
\n<\/strong>Buchanan County Public Service Authority
\n276-935-5828<\/p>\n

Cumberland Plateau Health District Lifts Recreational Water Advisory for the Levisa River and Slate Creek
\n<\/strong>Public may resume recreational activities in the waterway<\/em><\/p>\n

LEBANON, Va.- Effectively immediately, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) lifts the advisory for the Levisa River from 0.5 miles east of Anchorage Shopping Center along U.S. HWY 460 to the Kentucky state line and portions of Slate Creek from the Buchanan County Department of Social Services on Route 83 downstream to the Levisa River in Buchanan County.<\/p>\n

The advisory was issued March 20, 2025, due to an ongoing sewage overflow from sewer mains that were damaged by flooding. Repairs have been completed and full flow has been restored to the sewage system. Buchanan County Public Service Authority collected E. coli samples from the area, and the analyses indicate bacterial levels in the Levisa River are at or below historic levels.<\/p>\n

For more information on recreational water safety visit Swim Healthy, Virginia!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 26, 2026 For questions about the health advisory, contact: Brian Stanley, Environmental Health Manager, Sr., Cumberland Plateau Health District 276-415-3370\u00a0 brian.stanley@vdh.virginia.gov For questions about the sewer main repairs, contact: Buchanan County Public Service Authority 276-935-5828 Cumberland Plateau Health District Lifts Recreational Water Advisory for the Levisa River and Slate Creek Public may resume recreational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":0,"parent":16853,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[96,249,253,869,153,152],"class_list":["post-18723","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-cumberland-plateau-health-district","tag-levisa-river","tag-recreational-water-advisory","tag-slate-creek","tag-vdh","tag-virginia-department-of-health"],"yoast_head":"\n- 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