MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Gulfport
Advisory Remains in Effect for Station 20
(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Thursday for Station 8 (Gulfport West Beach). Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. An advisory remains in effect for Station 20 (Pascagoula Beach East).
The advisory is lifted for:
► Station 8 — Gulfport West Beach — from Maria Ave. east to Camp Ave.
An advisory is in effect for:
► Station 20 — Pascagoula Beach East – from Westwood to Grand Oaks Dr.
This segment of beach is not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in this area. When water samples show that levels are safe for human contact, the advisory 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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