MDEQ Lifts One Beach Water Contact Advisory and Issues One
Five Other Advisories Remain in Effect
(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a beach water contact advisory Friday for Station 2 (Buccaneer State Park Beach). Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels.
An advisory is issued for Station 9 (Gulfport Harbor Beach). Five other advisories remain in effect.
The advisory is lifted for:
- Station 2 — Buccaneer State Park Beach — near State Park Road in Waveland –the extent is 100 yards from the sign in each direction.
An advisory is issued for:
- Station 9 — Gulfport Harbor Beach — the extent is from 20th Ave. east to Thornton Ave.
Advisories remain in effect for:
- Station 4 — Bay St. Louis Beach — the extent is from the Box Culvert east to Ballantine St.
- Station 6 — Pass Christian Central Beach — the extent is from Henderson Ave. east to Hiern Ave
- Station 7A — Long Beach — the extent is from Oak Garden Ave. east to Girard Ave.
- Station 10 — Gulfport Central Beach — the extent is from Alfonso Dr. east to Arkansas Ave.
- Station 11A — Edgewater Beach (Biloxi) — the extent is from Debuys Rd. east to Edgewater 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 location of beach sampling stations is available at: http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches.
To receive beach advisories directly, fill out a contact form at http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches/contact.html for inclusion in a public group email list, text “MDEQbeach” to 95577, or follow MDEQ on Twitter: @MDEQ.
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