Mississippi Business Journal » rivers http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 USM scientists determine Katrina had minimal impact on Pearl River http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/08/usm-scientists-determine-katrina-had-minimal-impact-on-pearl-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usm-scientists-determine-katrina-had-minimal-impact-on-pearl-river http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/08/usm-scientists-determine-katrina-had-minimal-impact-on-pearl-river/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:04:08 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=52059 HATTIESBURG — An article in a recent issue of the “Journal of Hydrology” details how a team of scientists headed by researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi found that Hurricane Katrina had minimal long-term impact on the water quality of the East Pearl River in southwest Mississippi. Led by Alan Shiller, professor of marine [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/08/usm-scientists-determine-katrina-had-minimal-impact-on-pearl-river/feed/ 0 Port gets grant for two improvement projects http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/27/port-gets-grant-for-two-improvement-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=port-gets-grant-for-two-improvement-projects http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/27/port-gets-grant-for-two-improvement-projects/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:25:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=50079 BURNSVILLE — The Yellow Creek Port Authority has received a pair of state grants for a pair of improvement projects at the Northeast Mississippi Waterway Industrial Park. Officials tell the Daily Corinthian the rail spur project is the first step in connecting the nearby Norfolk Southern line with the barge terminal. The first phase is [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/27/port-gets-grant-for-two-improvement-projects/feed/ 0 MDEQ finally lifts Pearl River advisory following fish-kill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/14/mdeq-finally-lifts-pearl-river-advisory-following-fish-kill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mdeq-finally-lifts-pearl-river-advisory-following-fish-kill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/14/mdeq-finally-lifts-pearl-river-advisory-following-fish-kill/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:57:09 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46024 SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has lifted an advisory for a section of the Pearl River in Pearl River County. The section extended from Highway 26 near Poplarville south to I-59 near Nicholson. MDEQ issued a water contact and a fish consumption advisory Aug. 14 due to a massive fish [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/14/mdeq-finally-lifts-pearl-river-advisory-following-fish-kill/feed/ 0 Maritime Administration awards grant to Tenn-Tom http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/21/maritime-administration-awards-grant-to-tenn-tom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maritime-administration-awards-grant-to-tenn-tom http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/21/maritime-administration-awards-grant-to-tenn-tom/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:09:46 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=30837 NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is welcoming the award of a $1.76-million grant to support a Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority project to increase the container barge capacity between the Port of Itawamba and the Port of Mobile. The funding was announced tby the Maritime Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, [...]

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