STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Phil Bryant, GOVERNOR
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Trudy D. Fisher, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robbie Wilbur
November 14, 2012 601/961-5277
MDEQ Issues Beach Closure in Gulfport
(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a precautionary beach
closure Wednesday for a section of beach in Gulfport.
The closure stretches from Teagarden Road on the west to the old VA
property on the east. This segment includes Beach Sampling Station 10A
which is the Courthouse Road Beach near the Courthouse Road west parking
lot.
This precautionary closure is issued due to a sewage discharge from the
City of Gulfport collection system. The city reported discovery of a spill
which entered a storm drain leading to the beach. The cause of the spill
has been corrected, however, sewage may have reached the Mississippi Sound.
MDEQ advises residents not to consume any seafood collected from these
nearshore waters until further notice. MDEQ will monitor the water and
lift the closure when bacteria levels indicate conditions are safe for
water contact.
More information on the Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program:
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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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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