STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
PHIL BRYANT, GOVERNOR
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
TRUDY D. FISHER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2013
Contact: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277


MDEQ Lifts Temporary Advisory For Brashear Creek In Ridgeland

(JACKSON, Miss.) –The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has lifted a temporary water contact advisory issued May 10 for a section of Brashear Creek in Ridgeland from Rice Road to the confluence with the Pearl River.

The advisory was issued due to a sewage bypass near the intersection of Lake Harbor Drive and Harbor Drive.

Water sampling by MDEQ staff show bacteria levels in the area have returned to normal.


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