MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory for Station 19 (Pascagoula Beach West)
(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Friday for Station 19 (Pascagoula Beach West). There are no advisories in effect across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The advisory is lifted for:
- Station 19 — Pascagoula Beach-West — from Oliver St. east to Westwood St.
Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels.
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, and follow MDEQ on Twitter: @MDEQ.
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