FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2011
Contact: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277
MDEQ ISSUES BEACH ADVISORY FOR ONE LOCATION IN HANCOCK COUNTY
(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, is working closely with local officials to advise residents that the following location may have high bacteria levels:
● Station 3 -- near Vacation Lane, Waveland.
When water samples show that levels are safe for human contact, the advisory will be lifted. The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, which performs water sampling of the Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches for MDEQ, will notify the agency when the area has returned to acceptable levels.
More information on the Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/msbeach/index.cgi.
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