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Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches closed to swimming due to bacteria
Posted on 5/16/26 at 6:27 am
Posted on 5/16/26 at 6:27 am
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality announced people should not swim in the water along the coast of Bay St. Louis, Gulfport and Biloxi after all three beaches tested for higher than normal Enterococci.
The bacteria can cause nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea, said Dr. Eric Griggs, a health educator.
“It can make you really, really sick especially if you are immunocompromised, have open wounds, seniors, kids and pregnant women,” Griggs said.
The bacteria usually come from humans or animals on land.
Early vacationers are enjoying the beaches differently this weekend.
“We just got a text from somebody at home saying that the fecal matter is pretty high,” said Emma Duplantier, from Metairie.
Beach-goers are trying to enjoy their vacation near the water, not in the water. Don’t swim in the poo
The bacteria can cause nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea, said Dr. Eric Griggs, a health educator.
“It can make you really, really sick especially if you are immunocompromised, have open wounds, seniors, kids and pregnant women,” Griggs said.
The bacteria usually come from humans or animals on land.
quote:The closure comes as a handful of visitors set up along the Mississippi Gulf Coast before the summer rush ramps up later in the month.
“It’s fecal contamination from sewerage, runoff, animals and just storm water,” Griggs said
Early vacationers are enjoying the beaches differently this weekend.
“We just got a text from somebody at home saying that the fecal matter is pretty high,” said Emma Duplantier, from Metairie.
Beach-goers are trying to enjoy their vacation near the water, not in the water. Don’t swim in the poo
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Posted on 5/16/26 at 6:30 am to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 5/16/26 at 6:31 am to BowDownToLSU
Who was getting in the water at Mississippi beaches anyway..they’ve always looked like shite
This post was edited on 5/16/26 at 6:31 am
Posted on 5/16/26 at 7:13 am to Allthatfades
quote:well, now they're full of it!
they’ve always looked like shite
Posted on 5/16/26 at 7:23 am to Allthatfades
They have done a good job of bringing in sand and making it look nice. HUGE difference from 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the water is still more like a lake than Gulf Shores/Destin.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 7:32 am to RougeDawg
quote:yea I agree they really fixed the beach and for the most part it’s really clean but with that water it’s like putting lipstick on a pig
They have done a good job of bringing in sand and making it look nice. HUGE difference from 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the water is still more like a lake than Gulf Shores/Destin.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:05 am to BowDownToLSU
T or F, West of mobile beaches are trash until Mexico 
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:09 am to RougeDawg
Mississippi will never have water like Destin. Too much fresh water coming in from the rivers. While today it is full of fecal bacteria, being inherently brown isn’t what makes it dirty.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:15 am to BowDownToLSU
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Enterococci
Oooh, I just learned a new insult.
You big stupid Enterococci head!
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:15 am to BowDownToLSU
Does this have anything to do with it?
Industrial Canal Sewage Leak
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Orleans Sewerage and Water Board says a vessel struck the 54-inch sewer pipe on Friday night (April 17), causing a massive sewage leak that continues. Divers have been working in the waters of the Industrial Canal to stop the flow, as thousands of gallons of raw sewage from the Lower 9th Ward continue to bubble to the surface.
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Divers are working to do that as shipping traffic resumes intermittently on the busy 5.5-mile-long canal, which connects to the Intracoastal Waterway, Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. The board says a vessel struck the 54-inch sewer pipe, causing the damage and affecting the electrical infrastructure running under the canal. Specialty Diving has had a 10-man crew on scene trying to stop the sewage flow. “Right now we’re just trying to get the leak stopped to get everything separate and make sure that the powerlines and everything is in place,” said Lambert.
Industrial Canal Sewage Leak
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:16 am to BowDownToLSU
Well, is there no effort to find out who is dumping sewage in the water?
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:16 am to BowDownToLSU
quote:Sounds like something Italian Aggies would want to do with each other.
Enterococci
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:40 am to Spankum
The Mississippi River
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:50 am to BowDownToLSU
It was my yacht. I refuse to pay for the $5 head pump out at the harbor.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:53 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
quote:
The board says a vessel struck the 54-inch sewer pipe, causing the damage and affecting the electrical infrastructure running under the canal.
A 54" pipe is a LOT of shite
Hard to believe people lived that way for centuries, just dumping everything into the river
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:09 am to RougeDawg
quote:
They have done a good job of bringing in sand and making it look nice.
I never understood why Texas doesn’t do the same. The water itself isn’t nice but there’s no reason the sand itself can’t be nice sand like the Ms Coast.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:35 am to turnpiketiger
quote:agreed my sister-in-law lives in Galveston and the Mississippi Gulf Coast looks like Maui when compared
I never understood why Texas doesn’t do the same. The water itself isn’t nice but there’s no reason the sand itself can’t be nice sand like the Ms Coast.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:36 am to BowDownToLSU
We have this problem in Galveston sometimes.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:53 am to CR4090
When I moved to Houston, I was looking forward to going to the oh-so-close
Gulf of Mexico. My second weekend I went down. The sand was brown, the water was brown, and the wave action was less than two inch high.
I never went back.
Gulf of Mexico. My second weekend I went down. The sand was brown, the water was brown, and the wave action was less than two inch high.
I never went back.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:19 am to jb4
quote:
T or F, West of mobile beaches are trash until Mexico
True, but every once and awhile the River is low and the current shifts you can even get clear water on Grand Isle.
Looks like Louisiana maybe getting another beach back. Fourchon may one day soon be open as the state may make it a state park once they build a bridge to the island.
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