FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15, 2010
CONTACT: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277
MDEQ LIFTS WATER CONTACT ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON BAYOU (JACKSON, Miss.) -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Friday lifted a temporary water contact advisory issued September 29 for Johnson Bayou in Harrison County. The advisory had extended from Beatline Road to Henderson Avenue in Pass Christian. The advisory was issued due to a major force main break on
Menge Avenue on September 28.
Sample results indicate bacteria levels have fallen within water quality standards.# # # |