A “precautionary” advisory remains in effect, telling people to avoid contact with some local waters due to potential contamination from the Nov. 4 UPS plane crash, according to the head of Louisville’s Metropolitan Sewer District.

MSD executive director Tony Parrott said Monday that people should especially avoid contact with Pond Creek, Northern Ditch and Southern Ditch, which are the waterways mainly affected by runoff from the crash site.

“We ask folks to avoid touching, swimming, fishing or kayaking or interacting in those waterways in any fashion, and keep your pets away from the water as well,” he said at a press conference.

MSD and other organizations are working together to monitor for and clean up oil and other contaminants that spread to local waters from the explosive UPS pl

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