{"id":56009,"date":"2017-08-25T23:17:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=56009"},"modified":"2017-08-25T23:17:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:17:15","slug":"only-coki-point-in-st-thomas-not-safe-this-weekend-d-p-n-r-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=56009","title":{"rendered":"Only Coki Point In St. Thomas Not Safe This Weekend, D.P.N.R. Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Planning and Natural Resources on Friday said that of all the beaches it tested between August 21-25, only Coki Point in St. Thomas did not\u00a0meet water quality standards considered to be safe, because it exceeded the established enterococci bacteria threshold.<\/p>\n<p>All other waters were cleared as safe.<\/p>\n<p>On St. Croix, they are:\u00a0Pelican Cove (Cormorant), Rainbow, Chenay Bay, Cane Bay, Stoney Ground, Frederiksted Public Beach, Dorsch Beach, Shoy\u2019s, Halfpenny, Spratt Hall, Protestant Cay, Princess, Condo Row, Cramer\u2019s Park, Grapetree Bay, Columbus Landing, New Fort (Ft. Louise Augusta) and Buccaneer.<\/p>\n<p>Safe Beaches on St. Thomas are: Bolongo Bay, Lindquist, Magen\u2019s Bay, Vessup Bay, Water Bay, Bluebeards, Frenchman\u2019s Bay, Sapphire, Lindbergh Bay, Hull Bay, Morningstar, Limetree, Brewer\u2019s Bay and Secret Harbor.<\/p>\n<p>And on St. John, D.P.N.R. identified the safe beaches as:\u00a0Cruz Bay, Oppenheimer, Great Cruz Bay, Frank Bay and Johnson Bay.<\/p>\n<p>D.P.N.R. says it\u00a0will continue to monitor these popular swimming areas. The department also recommends that beachgoers use their discretion when swimming or fishing at the designated beaches.<\/p>\n<p>If the waters appear muddy or murky or have foul odors, do not swim or fish. For additional information regarding water quality call the Division of Environmental Protection at 773-1082 in St. Croix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Planning and Natural Resources on Friday said that of all the beaches it tested between August 21-25, only Coki Point in St. Thomas did not\u00a0meet water quality standards considered to be safe, because it exceeded the established enterococci bacteria threshold. All other waters were cleared as safe. On St. Croix, they are:\u00a0Pelican [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[628,12],"tags":[1358],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Only Coki Point In St. Thomas Not Safe This Weekend, D.P.N.R. Says - V.I. 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