MDEQ Lifts Advisories for Stations 4, 5, and 10


 The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Wednesday for sampling stations 4, 5, and 10. There are no advisories currently in effect across the Mississippi Gulf Coast 

MDEQ Announces Prize Purse for Beach Outfalls Challenge


 The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced today that a prize purse of at least $6,000 may be awarded to the participants of the Beach Outfalls Challenge. 

“To further incentivize innovators as they develop new solutions that can directly impact water quality in the Mississippi Sound, we have worked with a number of sponsors along the coast to offer cash prizes as part of our Beach Outfalls Challenge,” said Marc Wyatt, director of the Office of Oil Spill Restoration at MDEQ. “We’re grateful to these sponsors, including Mississippi Power Company and Ingalls Shipbuilding, for their commitment to restoration efforts along our coastline.”