MDEQ Issues Three Beach Advisories Two Others in Effect
(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Thursday for Stations 5, 7A, and 10. Advisories remain in effect for Stations 7 and 15.
Advisories are issued for:
- Station 5 — Pass Christian West Beach — from Fort Henry Ave. east to Elliot St.
- Station 7A — Long Beach — from Oak Gardens Ave. east to Girard Ave.
- Station 10 — Gulfport Central Beach — from Alfonso Dr. east to Arkansas Ave.
Advisories remain in effect for:
- Station 7 — Pass Christian East Beach — from Espy Ave. east to Hayden Ave.
- Station 15 — Shearwater Beach — near Holcomb Blvd. in Ocean Springs — from Weeks Bayou east to Ashley Place.
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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