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Beach Advisory for March 25-29

St. John beach

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 32 designated beaches throughout the territory during the week of March 25-29, 2019. All sampled beaches meet water quality standards and are safe for swimming or fishing:

St. Croix
Cramer’s Park
Shoy’s
Chenay Bay
Dorsch
Frederiksted Public Beach
Cane Bay
Stony Ground
Princess (Condo Row)
Pelican Cove (Cormorant) Protestant Cay
Rainbow
Grapetree Bay
Buccaneer
New Fort (Ft. Louise Augusta)
Ha’ penny
St. Thomas
Magens Bay
Brewers Bay
Sapphire
Lindqvist
Frenchman’s Bay
Water Bay
Hull Bay
Bluebeard’s
Lindbergh Bay
Coki Point
Vessup Bay
Bolongo Bay
Secret Harbor
St. John
Frank Bay
Oppenheimer
Great Cruz Bay
Cruz Bay

Please note: Samples were not collected at Johnson Bay beach on St. John; therefore, the water quality of this beach is unknown.

All persons should also be aware that storm water runoff may also contain contaminants or pollutants harmful to human health; 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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