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Beach Advisory for March 16-20

Rainbow Beach on St. Croix

The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) announces that the Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program, which evaluates weekly water quality at popular swimming beaches throughout the territory by sampling for enterococci bacteria and turbidity, which is a measure of water clarity, advises the public of the following:

DPNR performed water quality analysis at 30 designated beaches throughout the territory during the week of March 16-20, 2020. All beaches meet water quality standards and are safe for swimming or fishing:

St. Croix

Stony Ground

Chenay Bay

Dorsch Beach

Princess (Condo Row)

Cramer’s Park

Rainbow Beach

Frederiksted Public Beach

Grapetree Bay

Cane Bay

Ha ‘penny Beach

Protestant Cay

Shoy’s Beach

St. Thomas

Bolongo Bay

Frenchman’s Bay

Lindbergh Bay

Brewers Bay

Lindqvist Beach

Coki Point

Hull Bay

Sapphire Beach

Water Bay

Magens Bay

Vessup Bay

Secret Harbor

Bluebeard’s Beach

St. John

Cruz Bay

Oppenheimer

Johnson Bay

Frank Bay

Great Cruz Bay

Please note: Samples were not collected at the following beaches:

  • Pelican Cove (Comorant), New Fort (Fort Louise Augusta) and Buccaneer on St. Croix; therefore, the water quality of these beaches is unknown.

All persons should also be aware that storm water runoff may also contain contaminants or pollutants harmful to human health and therefore all persons should avoid areas of storm water runoff (i.e. guts, puddles and drainage basins) or if any area appears discolored or has foul odors. DPNR will continue to monitor the impacted areas and waters.

For additional information regarding water quality, call the Division of Environmental Protection at 773-1082 on St. Croix or 774-3320 on St. Thomas.

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