Pascagoula Sewage Spill Plugged but Larger Fix Needed, Jackson County Officials Say

Pascagoula sewage spill plugged but larger fix needed, Jackson County officials say

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. While the Jackson County Utility Authority was able to quickly repair a leak that dumped approximately 550,000 gallons of untreated sewage into the Pascagoula River this past weekend, officials say the issue is part of a larger infrastructure need decades in the making. The leak has led the state to issue a water contact advisory on Monday. Eric Page, the authorit…

MDEQ issues water contact advisory for parts of Jackson County - WXXV News 25

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is warning people to avoid contact with water in Comynie Bayou and part of the Pascagoula River in Jackson County. The advisory follows a wastewater spill in Pascagoula that released an estimated 550,000 gallons of sewage into the waterways. The affected area includes all of the bayou and the Pascagoula River from the west end of Delmas Avenue south to the river’s …