mdeq

MDEQ issues Beach Water Contact Advisory for Station in Biloxi

(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a beach water contact advisory Friday for Station 12B (Biloxi East Central Beach). Three other advisories remain in effect. The advisory is issued for:…

MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Water Contact Advisories in Harrison County

(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Thursday for Station 5 (Pass Christian West Beach) and Station 10 (Gulfport Central Beach) in Harrison County. Water samples at these…

MDEQ Lifts Beach Water Contact Advisory in Ocean Springs

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Thursday for Station 15 (Shearwater Beach). Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. There are advisories still in effect…

MDEQ Issues Six Beach Water Contact Advisories

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Thursday for six stations. NOTE: In accordance with Governor Tate Reeves’ Executive Order NO. 1466 closing Mississippi beaches at this time to the public beginning…

MDEQ Lifts Beach Water Contact Advisory in Pass Christian

(JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Thursday for Station 5 (Pass Christian West Beach). Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria…

MDEQ issues one beach water contact advisory and lifts one

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a water contact advisory Friday for Station 11 (Gulfport East Beach). This segment of beach is not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness…

MDEQ lifts six beach water contact advisories

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted six water contact advisories Friday for Station 4, Station 10, Station 10B, Station 11A, Station 13A, and Station 14. Water samples at these stations show the areas…

MDEQ Issues One Beach Water Advisory in Harrison County

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued one water contact advisory Thursday for Station 6. This segment of beach is not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming…

MDEQ Issues Six Beach Water Contact Advisories

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Thursday for Station 10B, Station 11, Station 11A, Station 12B, Station 13A, and Station 14. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there…

MDEQ Issues Two Beach Water Contact Advisories

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Thursday for Station 6 (Pass Christian Central Beach) and Station 10 (Gulfport Central Beach). These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may…

Mississippi Restoration Summit

The annual Mississippi Restoration Summit held an open house and community conversations event. The public was invited to the open house that featured representatives from various local and federal organizations, all with the goal of educating the public on the…

MDEQ Lifts Beach Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Wednesday for Station 10B (East Courthouse Road Beach) in Gulfport. Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels.…

MDEQ lifts water contact warnings for Coast beaches

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality through its beach monitoring program lifted water contact warnings on Friday for all beaches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. But does that mean everyone is ready to jump in just yet? If you take…

MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Warnings for Mississippi Beaches

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its beach monitoring program, lifted water contact warnings Friday for all 21 standard beach segments as well as the four nonstandard segments that were issued August 6.  Water contact warnings were also…

MDEQ awards grant to Harrison County School District Transportation Dept.

The Harrison County School District Transportation Department was awarded a $30,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to purchase two new school buses. Harrison County School District purchased 10 new buses this year. Thanks to the MDEQ grants,…

Four more beaches closed in South Mississippi

This morning, four more stretches of beach in South Mississippi have been closed. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality through its beach monitoring program has added four locations of water contact warnings on the Coast. Those beaches include: Davis Ave.…

MDEQ sampling Coast water

As we enter August, all 21 Coast beaches still remain closed. On June 22nd, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality began issuing water advisories due to the presence of a blue-green algae bloom. As water advisories for all 21 Coast…