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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Phil Bryant, GOVERNOR
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Trudy D. Fisher, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robbie Wilbur
April 18, 2013 601/961-5277
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Two Locations in Harrison County
Two Advisories in Hancock County Lifted
**Note updated from press release issued earlier today**
(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact
advisories Thursday for two sampling stations in Harrison County. These
segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk
of illness associated with swimming in these areas.
MDEQ is working closely with local officials to advise residents that the
water in the following locations may have high bacteria levels:
●Station 10B ? East Courthouse Road Beach ? from Courthouse Road east to
Teagarden Road (http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/msbeach/station.cgi?Stanum=10B).
●Station 11A ? Edgewater Beach ? from Debuys Road east to Edgewater Avenue
(http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/msbeach/station.cgi?Stanum=11A).
The advisories in Hancock County at the following locations are lifted:
●Station 1 ? Lakeshore -- from the Silver Slipper east to the jetty west of
Poinset Avenue.
● Station 3 ? Waveland Beach -- from Oak Boulevard east to Favre Street.
When water samples show that levels are safe for human contact, the
advisories will be lifted. The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, which
performs water sampling of the Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches for MDEQ,
notifies the agency when an area has returned to acceptable levels.
Additionally, swimmers are reminded that the Beach Task Force has a
standing recommendation that swimming not occur during or within 24 hours
of a significant rainfall event.
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, text
"beach" to 601-863-8082,
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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