Mississippi Business Journal » beach closure http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MDEQ lifts beach closure following sewage spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/19/mdeq-lifts-beach-closure-following-sewage-spill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mdeq-lifts-beach-closure-following-sewage-spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/19/mdeq-lifts-beach-closure-following-sewage-spill/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:19:29 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63981 BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a beach closure issued Oct. 13 in Biloxi. The closure extended for a section of beach from Mockingbird Lane on the west to Edgewater Drive on the east and included Beach Station 11A-Edgewater Beach. Last Saturday, the City of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/19/mdeq-lifts-beach-closure-following-sewage-spill/feed/ 0 Dredging for beach restoration forces another beach closure http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/18/dredging-for-beach-restoration-forces-another-beach-closure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dredging-for-beach-restoration-forces-another-beach-closure http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/18/dredging-for-beach-restoration-forces-another-beach-closure/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:16:24 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58681 BAY ST. LOUIS — Dredging for beach restoration has closed a second section of beach at Bay St. Louis. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality says dredging can release large numbers of bacteria trapped in the floor of Mississippi Sound. They say it also can cause dangerous physical conditions including unpredictable terrain, surf, and quicksand. [...]

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