MDEQ extends water contact advisory following Jackson sewer break

MDEQ extends water contact advisory following Jackson sewer break

MDEQ extends water contact advisory following Jackson sewer break JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A contact advisory for the Pearl River has been extended to near Monticello. On Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality expanded its water contact advisory for the Pearl River from the Swinging Bridge in Byram to the Na Sandifer Highway bridge north of Monticello. The public is urged to avoid water in the affected area, including swimm…

Officials extend Pearl River public advisory following sewage leak - SuperTalk Mississippi

A week after water officials in Jackson announced that untreated sewage was leaking into the Pearl River, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is saying the discharge has contaminated water downstream. Last week, JXN Water issued a statement that its west bank interceptor failed where it crosses Hanging Moss Creek on the west side of the state’s second-largest river, leading sewage to seep out of a pipe into the west side of the s…