STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Phil Bryant, GOVERNOR
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Trudy D. Fisher, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robbie Wilbur
October 15, 2012 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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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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