The LBJ sewage system pump station is offline due to a broken force main sewer line and wastewater is being discharged into the ocean, so beaches along St. Croix’s "Condo Row" west of Christiansted remain closed to swimming and fishing, according to the V.I.Waste Management Authority.
The impacted area will be excavated to determine the extent of the damage and the broken portion of line will be replaced, acvcording to the WMA warning.
The beaches have been closed since Tuesday, when the pump station was taken offline to replace a sewer line in the area. The pump station was put back online earlier in the week.
The new broken line was found by WMA employees Friday morning in the open green space near the WAPA storage tank in Richmond, the authority said.
WMA has posted “Beach Closed” signs at the affected beaches and those Christiansted beaches in the “Condo Row” area shall remain closed until the water quality is tested and the beaches are deemed safe for use, according to WMA.
