Last water advisories lifted for Gulf Coast

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The state Department of Environmental Quality has lifted the last two water contact advisories on the Gulf Coast.

Waters samples tested by the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory at Fort Henry to Elliott Avenue in Pass Christian and 20th to Thornton avenues along the Gulfport Harbor Beach showed bacteria dropped to acceptable levels.

The Sun Herald reports (https://bit.ly/1B0Ir3a) there are no other advisories.

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Information from: The Sun Herald, https://www.sunherald.com