Concerns were first raised in St. Croix after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and researchers from the University of the Virgin Islands collaborated to collect water samples from ...

Democratic Gov. Albert Bryan of the U.S. Virgin Islands signed an emergency declaration over lead- and copper-contaminated water on the island of St. Croix.

The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday warned that people on the island of St. Croix should not drink their tap water because officials found high levels of lead and copper.