MDEQ Lifts One Beach Water Contact Advisory and Issues One
(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a beach water contact advisory Saturday for Station 11 (Gulfport East Beach). Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. A water contact advisory was issued for Station 8 (Gulfport West Beach).
An advisory is lifted for:
- Station 11 — Gulfport East Beach — the extent is from Tegarden Ave. east to Anniston Ave.
An advisory is issued for:
- Station 8 — Gulfport West Beach — the extent is from Marie Ave. east to Camp Ave.
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, fill out a contact form at http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches/contact.html for inclusion in a public group email list, text “MDEQbeach” to 95577, or follow MDEQ on Twitter: @MDEQ.
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