Lakes test safe for recreation
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The Yazoo Herald
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality sampled 23 lakes in the Mississippi Delta for chemical and bacterial contamination following the recent Mississippi River and Yazoo Backwater flooding.
Based on the results of this sampling MDEQ and the Mississippi State Department of Health agree that these waters can be safely used for boating and water contact recreation.
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Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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