The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday again issued water contact advisories for Bay St. Louis Beach and Pass Christian Central Beach.
The same beaches were previously the subject of an advisory last month . None of the beaches are closed. The department often issues advisories out of caution when routine tests find higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in the water.
The department tests for Enterococcus, bacteria that live in the intestinal tracts of some animals. Enterococcus is not harmful to humans but may indicate that bacteria from wastewater treatment plants, septic systems, recreational boat sewage or other fecal contaminants are in the water…