Sally
‘Dodged a very big bullet,’ MEMA director says of Hurricane Sally damage
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Tropical Storm Sally bought powerful winds and rainfall with it as the storm made landfall as a hurricane Wednesday morning.
Harrison County crews clean up debris from Hurricane Sally
WJTV
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday morning as a Category 2 storm near Gulf Shores, Alabama.
After Sally: Rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers
AP
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, even as the storm’s remnants were forecast to dump up to a foot of rain and spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.
State
Jefferson County landfill to reopen on Thursday
Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Riverbend Environmental — which is the landfill utilized by waste disposal companies for the City of Natchez, Adams County and Vidalia — will be back in use Thursday for the first time since August, officials said.
Fire, bankruptcy keeps county’s waste hauling up in the air
Franklin Advocate
Uncertainty surrounding the fate of Franklin County’s waste dumping contract with Riverbend Environmental Services LLC was discussed at length during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Waste Management suspends recycling collections in Jackson County
WXXV
Waste Management is suspending service for recycling temporarily because of damage to its facility in Florida.
Jackson apartment residents complain about big pile of garbage
WAPT
JACKSON, Miss. — Residents at two Jackson apartment complexes are complaining about trash piling up outside their homes.
Reservoir receives funds for roadway
Madison County Journal
Piece by piece, Reservoir officials are securing $132.3 million in funding for the proposed new roadway to get traffic off of the Reservoir dam.dway and a roundabout at the intersection with James Street and Bay Street in Hattiesburg.
SPILLWAY RECREATION AREA TO CLOSE SATURDAY
Northside Sun
Spillway Recreation Area to close Saturday for 4th annual Operation Clean Sweep
Barnett Reservoir officials will close the Spillway Recreation Area on both sides of the Pearl River below the dam at 4 a.m. Saturday morning to facilitate the 4th annual Operation Clean Sweep.
Pearl River Clean Sweep to be held Saturday
Lawrence County Press
This year’s Pearl River Clean Sweep event will be held Saturday, Sept 19.
State Government
Mississippi revenues well above Fiscal Year estimates in August
Y’all Politics
Total Mississippi revenue collections for the month of August 2020 in FY 2021 are $18,019,004, or 4.05%, above the sine die revenue estimate.
Regional
Irrigation timers: Saving time, money and groundwater
Delta Farm Press
Conserving groundwater is an important conservation practice to help conserve the limited supply of groundwater in the Alluvial Aquifer.
National
Superfund Cleanup Deals Could Get Trickier After Federal Memo
Bloomberg
Hashing out cleanup costs for some of the most contaminated sites in the country could become more complicated under a new Justice Department memo affecting settlements.
Senate holds hearing on water rule
Delta Farm Press
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso left little doubt where he stands on the Waters of the U.S. rule during his opening comments at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Press Releases
EPA Facilitates Further Progress in Evolution of the National Water Reuse Action Plan
09/16/2020
WASHINGTON (September 16, 2020) — Today, at the virtual 35th Annual WateReuse Symposium, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facilitated a “charrette” to identify challenges and map solutions to continue advancing the National Water Reuse Action Plan (WRAP).
USACE Vicksburg District signs agreement with City of Oxford for water distribution system rehabilitation
Published Sept. 16, 2020
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the City of Oxford, Mississippi, on Tuesday as part of the Mississippi Environmental Infrastructure Program (Section 592).
