The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued additional closures Wednesday for three beach stations (Stations 11, 12B, and 13A) in Harrison County due to a blue-green Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) extending into those areas.…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued additional closures Tuesday for four beach stations (Stations 11A, 12A, 14, and 15) due to a blue-green Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) extending into that area. The previous…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued two additional closures Thursday for two beach stations (Station 9 – Gulfport Harbor Beach and Station 10B – East Courthouse Road Beach) in Harrison County due to…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Friday for Stations 1, 7, 7A, 10B, and 14. Three other advisories remain in effect. Advisories are lifted for: • Station 1 — Lakeshore…
It’s been over seven years since the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, but money from BP continues to flow into the area. News 25’s Payton Malone met up with leaders of a few projects benefiting from the funds. The Deepwater Horizon…
Mississippi environmental regulators have closed the waters of the Mississippi Sound to swimming until water sampling resumes. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality made the announcement Monday following Hurricane Nate. Spokesman Robbie Wilbur says sampling will resume once debris is…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a closure Monday for all beaches across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The beaches are closed to access as a public health precaution until the hurricane debris is…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is issuing a warning to boaters here on the coast. They are warning boaters to stay clear of the round Island Marsh Restoration Construction Project. That project is near Pascagoula and the warning is…
Future plans for the Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula put residents in the area on high alert. A group of residents who identify themselves as the Cherokee Concerned Citizens attended tonight’s MDEQ public hearing to speak out against two proposed projects.…
A segment of water in Long Beach is closed after a sewage leak caused by electrical failure at a lift station near South Island View Avenue today. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued the closure from South Lang Avenue…
Mechanical failure caused nearly 50 gallons of diesel fuel to spill onto a dock at Pass Christian Harbor today. A truck was filling up a tank at the Pass Christian Harbor when the line blew, causing about 45 gallons of…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued four water contact advisories Wednesday for sampling stations 1, 7, 10B, and 11A. Advisories are still in effect for stations 3, 11, 12A, 14, and 15. Advisories…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued two water contact advisories Friday for sampling stations 2 and 3 in Hancock County and one for station 12A in Biloxi. Advisories are still in effect for…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted three water contact advisories for beach monitoring stations 1, 6, and 13A on Friday. Water samples at these stations show the areas have attained acceptable bacteria levels.…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory for one beach monitoring station on Wednesday. Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. There are currently…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, placed water contact advisories for two beach monitoring stations on Friday. Water samples at these stations show the areas have exceeded acceptable bacteria levels. There are currently four…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted four water contact advisories Wednesday for beach monitoring stations 1, 2, 7A, and 9. Water samples at these stations show the areas have attained acceptable bacteria levels.…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories for two beach monitoring stations on Friday. Water samples at these station show the areas have attained acceptable bacteria levels. There is currently one…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued two water contact advisories Tuesday. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in these areas.…
Effective at 4 p.m. today, all local beaches and oyster reefs on the Gulf Coast have been closed until further notice.
Tonight the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality hosted an open forum.