FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 14, 2012
Media Contact
Robbie Wilbur, MDEQ, 601-961-5277
MDEQ Lifts Beach Closure for One Station in Biloxi
JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality,
through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a beach closure issued
Aug. 31 for the following monitoring station in Biloxi:
* Station 11A, Edgewater Beach -- this station extends from Debuys Road
on the west to Edgewater Avenue on the east.
MDEQ issued a closure for all beach waters on Aug. 31 in the wake of
Hurricane Isaac. Water samples at this station show the area has 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.
The Harrison County Sand Beach Department announced this monitoring station
is included in the section of beach that has been cleared of debris and
opened to the public.
All other beach monitoring stations remain closed for water contact
activity due to debris hazards and/or water quality concerns. MDEQ is
sampling water quality as beach station sites are cleared of debris and
will continue to lift closures at cleaned sites when tests indicate the
water quality meets standards.
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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