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Best High School, College Teams Also Recognized in Inaugural Public Prize Competition
(LONG BEACH, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced today the three winners of its Beach Outfalls Challenge:

Gov. Phil Bryant announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has issued grant awards for six Mississippi RESTORE projects. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Tuesday for sampling station 12A (Biloxi West Central Beach) and issued one for Station 10 (Gulfport Central Beach). 

 The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Tuesday for sampling station 11(Gulfport East Beach).

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring program, lifted a beach closure Friday that had been issued June 13 for a segment of beach in Ocean Springs:

MDEQ Lifts Closure for Segment of Beach in Ocean Springs

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a preemptive beach closure Tuesday for a section of beach in Ocean Springs:

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced today that it has named the finalist teams to proceed to the final phase of its Beach Outfalls Challenge.

Gov. Bryant Announces  Treasury’s Award of Two RESTORE Projects

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Friday for sampling stations 9, 10B, and 11. An advisory remains in effect for station 12A.