by MBJ Staff Published: June 18,2013
Tags: angl;er, angling, beach, closure, environment, fish, fishing, outdoors, public health, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water contact, water pollution, watert quality
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued a precautionary beach closure. The affected beach is from Grande View Drive to Brady Drive in Biloxi (approximately from east of Edgewater Mall to just past Beauvoir). The City of Biloxi reported to MDEQ that a pump station malfunctioned [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 11,2013
Tags: beach, county government, environment, highway, public safety, road, sand, street, transportation, travel
HARRISON COUNTY — Over the past three months, Harrison County has used two methods of keeping sand off the highway and both worked. Engineer Dax Alexander and Sand Beach director Chuck Loftis told Harrison County supervisors that in the area of beach between Menge and Troutman in Long Beach and Pass Christian, workers removed sand [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 11,2013
Tags: accident, beach, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, seafood, tourism, tourist
GULF OF MEXICO — The Gulf Coast Incident Management Team and the U.S. Coast Guard are transitioning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response back to the pre-spill National Response Center system, according to a release from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). “While the Coast Guard and the Gulf States have decided that it’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 6,2013
Tags: advisory, angl;er, angling, beach, contamination, environment, fish, fishing, health, outdoors, pollution, public health, public safety, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water contact, water pollution, water quality
HARRISON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted two water contact advisories issued June 1 for stretches of Harrison County beach. Advisories were lifted on the following beach monitoring stations: • Station 10B — East Courthouse (from Courthouse Road east to Teagarden • Station 11A — [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 5,2013
Tags: advisory, angling, bacteria, beach, contaminant, contaminate, contamination, environment, fish, fishing, health, outdoors, pollutant, pollution, public health, safety, sand, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, water, water contact, water pollution, water quality
GULFPORT — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted three water contact advisories issued May 31. The cleared stations are: • Station 8 — Gulfport West (from Maria Avenue east to Camp Avenue • Station 9 — Gulfport Harbor Beach (from 20th Avenue east to Thornton Avenue • [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 2,2013
Tags: angl;er, angle, beach, ecosystem, fish, fishing, outdoors, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildile
HARRISON COUNTY — State officials are warning that the water along several stretches of beach in Harrison County may have high bacteria levels that could expose swimmers to an increased risk of illness. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued a warning yesterday for two beach segments in Biloxi and Gulfport. Neither area has been [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: agle, agling, angl;er, beach, fish, fishing, highway, outdoors, road, sand, swim, swimmer, swimming, traffic, transportation
HARRISON COUNTY — Sand is a road hazard drivers along U.S. Highway 90 in Harrison County know all too well. WLOX-TV reports work is underway that should keep more sand on the beach and off the roadway. While Harrison County crews worked to clear huge amounts of sand from the medians in Biloxi yesterday, over [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 10,2013
Tags: beach, fish, fishing, outdoors, pollution, public health, swim, swimmer, swimming, water, water quality
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted six water contact advisories for Coast beaches. The advisories have been lifted on: • Station 1 — Lakeshore (from the Silver Slipper to Poinset) • Station 2 — Buccaneer (near State Park Road) • Station 3 — [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2013
Tags: advisory, bacteria, beach, contaminate, contamination, environment, fish, fishing, health, outdoors, pollution, public health, public safety, safety, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water pollution, water quality
BAY ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a water contact advisory for a stretch of beach in Hancock County. MDEQ has cleared Station 4 — Bay St. Louis, which extends from the box culvert to Ballantine Street. Water samples at this station show the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 2,2013
Tags: advisory, bacteria, beach, contaminant, contaminate, contamination, outdoors, pollutant, pollute, pollution, public health, public safety, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water pollution, water quality
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued water contact advisories for five sampling stations. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in these areas. The affected stations are: • Station 1 — [...] [...]
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