The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued a water contact advisory for a portion of Sand Creek in Oktibbeha County after a line blockage released 15,000 gallons of wastewater into the area. The advisory extends from the headwaters of the unnamed tributary that flows south of Highway 182 to the North Farm, on to the confluence with Sand Creek northeast of the Starkville Ford-Lincoln car dealership, then southeast past Highland Plantation, until the confluence with the northern tributary of Sand Creek south of East Starkville Church and Greenland Road, a MDEQ release states.