💧 Water and Power · U.S. Virgin Islands
WAPA said it completed extended water sampling in downtown Christiansted
Official document: https://www.viwapa.vi/docs/default-source/2023-pr/press-release-(11.8.23)-authority-completes-extended-water-sampling-for-downtown-christiansted.pdf?sfvrsn=2201f40_3
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said on November 8, 2023, that it had completed extended water sampling in downtown Christiansted in coordination with the Department of Planning and Natural Resources as part of its response to concerns about lead and copper in potable water on St. Croix.
WAPA said sampling was extended to Frederiksted on November 8, 2023, and that additional sampling was scheduled for Clifton Hill on November 9, 2023. The authority also said Strawberry Hill, the first neighborhood to receive new waterline installations after testing showed high lead and copper levels, was resampled on November 8, 2023, to determine whether lead levels were undetectable or below the action level.
The authority said it planned to attend a Lew Muckle PTA meeting on November 8, 2023, to outline steps it was taking to address lead-related concerns.
The notice also said the Virgin Islands Department of Health and the Department of Planning and Natural Resources were operating weekday hotlines for residents with questions about lead in potable water and water sampling, and that lead exposure testing was available at Clinical Laboratory Inc. at Sunny Isle Medical Center on St. Croix and at the St. Thomas East End Medical Center at Tutu Park Mall on St. Thomas.