MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Biloxi

No Advisories in Effect

(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Saturday for Station 11A in Biloxi (Edgewater Beach). There are no advisories in effect across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The advisory is lifted for:
  • Station 11A — Edgewater Beach (Biloxi) — from Debuys Rd east to Edgewater Ave.
Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels.
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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