STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Phil Bryant, GOVERNOR
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Trudy D. Fisher, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robbie Wilbur
September 24, 2012 601/961-5277
MDEQ ISSUES TEMPORARY ADVISORY FOR JOE'S BAYOU AND ADJACENT WATERS
(JACKSON, Miss.) –The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ) issued a temporary water contact advisory Monday for Joe's Bayou
near Felicity Street in Bay St. Louis. The advisory is issued due to a
city-reported sewer spill which occurred Sunday night from a malfunctioning
pump station.
The advisory covers 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.
MDEQ recommends that people avoid water contact recreation such as swimming
or wading in these waters. In addition, people should avoid eating fish or
anything else taken from these waters until further notice.
The City of Bay St. Louis has stopped the overflow and is working to make
permanent repairs to the pump station.
MDEQ staff will monitor bacteria levels and water quality and will revise
the advisory as needed.
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(See attached file: BSLsewer.pdf)
Mr. Robbie Wilbur
Communications Director
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Post Office Box 2261
Jackson, Mississippi 39225
601/961-5277
601/421-5699 (c)
601/961-5715 (f)
rwilbur@deq.state.ms.us
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