Beaches clean after rain?

Beach Advisory :

http://www.dpnr.gov.vi/public-notice-detail/beach-advisory-8-24-12-104

*Beach Advisory 8-24-12*

Commissioner Alicia Barnes of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) announces that as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac and in anticipation of additional rains this weekend throughout the Territory, the Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) anticipates negative environmental impacts caused by storm-water runoff.  
 
DPNR advises the public to refrain from using the waters throughout the Territory until further notification.  DPNR is also advising parents to instruct their children to keep away from storm-water-impacted beaches as well as areas with manholes and storm-water flooding.  There may be an elevated health risk to anyone swimming in storm-water-impacted areas as a result of increased concentrations of bacteria. 
 
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).  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 in St. Croix or 774-3320 in St. Thomas.  

DPNR Home Page
http://www.dpnr.gov.vi  

I wish I could find an actual LIST of which beaches they test. All I can seem to find is detailed list of what they test for.

i always give it a few days after a real heavy rain, just to be safe.

I wish I could find an actual LIST of which beaches they test. All I can seem to find is detailed list of what they test for.

The latest beach advisory in the link which Beachcomber provided didn't list (as is usual) the beaches tested and probably because the water testing laboratory hasn't yet officially tested all the beaches in the aftermath of Isaac. Thus a "general advisory" was posted. If you go to the last advisory and those before you'll see that the results are indeed listed by beach name as the testing is completed on a monthly basis.

If on STT, you can call magen's bay authority to see if all is okay there as they do their own testing.
I would wait until rains stops for a couple of days before venturing into the water as STT still getting rain.
Just remember, everything gets washed downhill into our bays and beaches.
Call DPNR to see if they can provide you with information regarding any testing they may have done.

i live above looking down on gallows bay in christiansted, you ahould see all of the run off from a heavy rain-sometimes it goes clear out to the island the hotel is on, and you know what kind of trash you see on the roads every day that is some of what is going into the water. just give it a few days.

Or just go to a beach with a pool.
No wet sand, sandflies or toxic run-off!

If on STT, you can call magen's bay authority to see if all is okay there as they do their own testing.

Actually they don't "do their own testing" to the best of my knowledge. I've been there several times when one of the employees from the (only) water testing lab has been there doing their thing and it's an EPA (Federal) requirement that the tests be conducted at all public beaches and "public potable water facilities" such as restaurants, hotels, schools, etc. by a certified lab. If MBA does do any of their own testing using a kit of the kind that homeowners can use it would be done only as an adjunctive and unofficial exercise.