MDEQ Lifts Six Beach Advisories
Two Others in Effect
(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Wednesday for Stations 7, 7A, 9, 10, 11A, and 12B. Advisories remain in effect for Stations 5 and 12A.
The advisories are lifted for:
- Station 7 — Pass Christian East Beach — from Espy Ave. east to Hayden Ave.
- Station 7A — Long Beach — from Oak Gardens Ave. east to Girard Ave.
- Station 9 — Gulfport Harbor Beach — from 20th Ave. east to Thornton Ave.
- Station 10 — Gulfport Central Beach — from Alfonso Dr. east to Arkansas Ave.
- Station 11A — Edgewater Beach in Biloxi — from Debuys Rd. east to Edgewater Ave.
- Station 12B — Biloxi East Central Beach — from St. Peter St. east to Dukate St.
Advisories remain in effect for:
- Station 5 — Pass Christian West Beach — from Fort Henry Ave. east to Elliot St.
- Station 12A — Biloxi West Central Beach — from Travia St. east to Iberville Dr.
When water samples show that levels are safe for human contact, the advisories will be lifted. 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 about the Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program and the location of beach sampling stations is available at: http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches.
To receive beach advisories directly, send an email to rwilbur@mdeq.ms.gov for inclusion in a public group email list, text “MDEQbeach” to 95577, or follow MDEQ on Twitter: @MDEQ.
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