FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2012
Contact: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277
MDEQ LIFTS WATER CONTACT ADVISORY IN HARRISON COUNTY
(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a water contact advisory previously issued May 8 for the following station:
● Station 11A – Edgewater Beach in Biloxi – from Debuys Road east to Edgewater Avenue.
Water samples show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, which performs water sampling of the Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches for MDEQ, notifies the agency when an area returns to acceptable levels and safe conditions.
●Station 10A -- Courthouse Road Beach in Gulfport – from the old VA main entrance east to Courthouse Road is still under an advisory.
Information on the Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program is available at: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/msbeach/index.cgi.
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rwilbur@deq.state.ms.us for inclusion in a public group email list or
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