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MDEQ issues advisory for one beach, lifts warning on another

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:28:05 +0000

HARRISON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued a water contact advisory for a sampling station in Harrison County. This segment of beach is not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in this area. The location is Station 10 [...]

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Spokesman: Raw sewage has been pouring in river since weekend

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:26:10 +0000

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Millions of gallons of raw sewage are pouring into the Mississippi River from a St. Louis wastewater treatment plant where two of three pumps have failed. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District spokesman Lance LeComb says the pumps went out on Sunday night, and it’s unclear how quickly they may be fixed or [...]

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Lab owner wants charges of falsifying records tossed

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:53:21 +0000

WATER VALLEY — A defense lawyer is asking a federal judge to dismiss charges against the owner of environmental laboratory accused of falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples. Tennie White, owner of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was indicted Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court in Jackson. She’s charged with making false statements and obstruction. [...]

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City faces retroactive fines for Clean Water Act violations

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:07:35 +0000

STARKVILLE — The city of Starkville faces retroactive fines due to past overflow incidents involving its sanitary sewage system. The Commercial Dispatch reports public works director Doug Devlin did not have a fine estimate for aldermen, but did say a scheduled March conference call with Environmental Protection Agency regulators could shed light on the penalties [...]

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Ciity agrees to $90M infrastructure deal with Siemens

Associated Press — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:51:32 +0000

JACKSON — The city of Jackson and a global corporation have agreed to a $90-million deal that Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. has called the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history. The deal with Siemens still needs approval from the Mississippi Development Authority, but the contract signature clears the way for work to begin as [...]

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Council ends standoff, approves $90M water/sewer project

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:35:26 +0000

JACKSON — The Jackson City Council has ended a month-long standoff with the administration over a $90-million water and sewer project, after receiving assurances they would have another chance to weigh in on the proposed deal. The Economic Development Committee and then the council voted to spend more than $400,000 to hire bond counsel and [...]

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Environmental lab owner charged with falsifying records

Associated Press — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:48:10 +0000

JACKSON — The owner of an environmental laboratory in Mississippi has been charged with falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples that she was hired to test. Tennie White, owner and sole operator of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was indicted in U.S. District Court in Jackson. She’s charged with two counts of making false statements [...]

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MDEQ lifts beach closure following sewage spill

MBJ Staff — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:19:29 +0000

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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Council approves $90M water-sewer project without discussion

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:07:46 +0000

JACKSON — The Jackson City Council approved a $90-million water and sewer project worth one-fourth of the city’s total budget, banking on a contractor’s guarantee that the work will pay for itself within 15 years. The Clarion-Ledger reports the 5-2 vote sets the stage for work to begin as soon as January on a broad [...]

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MDEQ lifts beach closure following sewage spill last month

MBJ Staff — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:35:29 +0000

BAY ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has lifted a temporary water contact advisory issued Sept. 24 for Joe’s Bayou near Felicity Street in Bay St. Louis. The advisory was issued due to a sewer spill from a malfunctioning pump station. The advisory covered Joe’s Bayou and adjacent waters in the [...]

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