MDEQ Issues Advisories for Stations 11A and 15

MDEQ Issues Advisories for Stations 11A and 15

(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Thursday for sampling stations 11A and 15. Advisories remain in effect for stations 10 and 12A.

Advisories are issued for:

►Station 11A — Edgewater Beach — near Eisenhower Dr. (Biloxi) — from Debuys Rd. east to Edgewater Ave.

►Station 15 — Shearwater Beach near Holcomb Blvd. (Ocean Springs) — from Weeks Bayou east to Ashley Place.

Advisories remain in effect for:

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

►Station 12A — Biloxi West Central Beach — from Travia St. east to Iberville Dr.

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.

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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