MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station 10B

MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station 10B

No Advisories in Effect Across the Coast

(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted the water contact advisory Wednesday for sampling station 10B in Gulfport. There are currently no advisories across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The advisory was lifted for:

►Station 10B — East Courthouse Road Beach — near Courthouse Road Pier in Gulfport — from Courthouse Rd. east to Tegarden Rd.

More information about the Mississippi Beach Monitoring Program and the status of beach advisories is available at: http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches. A list of Frequently Asked Questions about the program can be found at:http://opcgis.deq.state.ms.us/beaches/moreinfo.html.

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.# # #