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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15, 2012
Contact: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277


MDEQ LIFTS TEMPORARY ADVISORY FOR JOE’S BAYOU AND ADJACENT WATERS

(JACKSON, Miss.) –The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has lifted a temporary water contact advisory issued September 24 for Joe’s Bayou near Felicity Street in Bay St. Louis. The advisory was issued due to a sewer spill from a malfunctioning pump station.

The advisory covered Joe's Bayou and adjacent waters in the Bay of St. Louis from Cameron Island at Harrison Road near the mouth of the Jourdan River to Dunbar Avenue.
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