FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2012
Contact: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277
MDEQ LIFTS WATER CONTACT ADVISORIES IN HARRISON COUNTY
(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted water contact advisories previously issued June 8 for the following stations:
● Station 6 -- Pass Christian Central Beach -- from Henderson Avenue east to Heirn Avenue.
●Station 8 -- Gulfport West Beach -- from Marie Avenue east to Camp Avenue.
Water samples show the areas have 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.
Information on the Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program is available at: http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/msbeach/index.cgi.
To receive beach advisories directly, send an email to
rwilbur@deq.state.ms.us for inclusion in a public group email list or
follow MDEQ on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/MDEQ.
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