FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2012
Contact: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277
MDEQ LIFTS TWO WATER CONTACT ADVISORIES IN HARRISON COUNTY
(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted two water contact advisories issued March 1 for two sampling stations in Harrison County.
The advisories are lifted for:
●Station 11A in Biloxi -- Edgewater Beach near Eisenhower Drive – it extends from Edgewater Avenue on the east to Debuys Road on the west.
●Station 10A in Gulfport -- Courthouse Road Beach near Courthouse Road west parking lot – it extends from the VA Main Entrance eastward to Courthouse Road. This advisory was issued February 22 and remains in effect.
More information on the Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program:
http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/msbeach/index.cgi.
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