MDEQ Lifts One Water Contact Advisory and Issues One

MDEQ Lifts One Water Contact Advisory and Issues One

Eight Other Advisories in Effect

(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Saturday for sampling station 11 (Gulfport East Beach).  The agency also issued a water contact advisory for station 13A (Biloxi East Beach).  Advisories remain in effect for stations 1, 2, 4, 7, 7A, 8, 9, and 10.

The advisory is lifted for:

►Station 11 — Gulfport East Beach — from Tegarden Rd. east to Anniston Ave.

An advisory is issued for:

►Station 13A — Biloxi East Beach — near Holley St. — from Dukate east to Kuhn St.

Advisories are still in effect for:

►Station 1 — Lakeshore Beach — near Lakeshore Dr., Bay St. Louis — the extent is from the Silver Slipper Casino east to Poinset.

►Station 2 — Buccaneer State Park Beach — near State Park Road, Waveland — from 100 yards west of sign east to 100 yards east of sign.

►Station 4 — Bay St. Louis Beach — near St. Charles St. — from the Box Culvert east to Ballantine St.

►Station 7 — Pass Christian East Beach — near Shadow Lawn Avenue — from Espy Ave. east to Hayden Ave.

►Station 7A — Long Beach Beach — from Oak Gardens east to Girard.

►Station 8 — Gulfport West Beach — from Marie Ave. east to Camp Ave.

►Station 9 — Gulfport Harbor Beach — from 20th Ave. east to Thornton Ave.

►Station 10 — Gulfport Central Beach — from Alfonso Dr. east to Arkansas Ave.

These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in these areas.

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 status of beach advisories is available at:  http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches.  A list of Frequently Asked Questions about the program can be found at:  http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches/moreinfo.html.

To receive beach advisories directly, send an email to rwilbur@deq.state.ms.us for inclusion in a public group email list, text “MDEQbeach” to 95577, or follow MDEQ on Twitter: @MDEQ.

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