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MDEQ Offers Emergency Debris Guidance

MDEQ Issues Advisories for Stations 14, 19, and 20

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Friday for sampling station 4 (Bay St. Louis Beach). Advisories remain in effect for stations 10 and 11. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring program, lifted a beach closure Wednesday that had been issued January 3 for a segment of beach in Long Beach:

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Tuesday for sampling stations 4 and 10. In addition, a closure is still in effect in Long Beach and an advisory for Station 11.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced Monday that its first public prize competition, the Beach Outfalls Challenge, is now underway. 

Members of the public, companies, students and other entities are invited to submit their ideas to improve the design of the beach outfalls, and if the panel of judges names their solution as one of the Challenge’s three winners, the solution will be designed and implemented in a pilot-scale demonstration along the coast.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a water contact advisory Thursday for sampling station 11 (Gulfport East Beach). In addition, a closure is still in effect in Long Beach. 

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

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring program, lifted a beach closure Thursday that had been issued December 15 for a segment of beach in Biloxi: