How does St John get fresh water?

Currently, desalinated seawater, rooftop-rainfall catchments, and ground water are the major sources of freshwater supply. The U.S. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) is responsible for the supply and distribution of public water for the USVI.



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In the Virgin Islands, seawater desalination plants on St. Croix and St. Thomas are the principal sources of water supply for most urban areas; however, by law, all residences, hotels, and most public buildings are required to have cisterns supplied from rooftop precipitation collectors.

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Only the bull shark typically found offshore of Jacksonville can migrate into the local river and swim any distance upstream for very long. Recently a small bull shark was caught near Mandarin. There have been periodic reports of other sharks, usually bulls, being captured in the St. Johns River.

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The Everglades is the world's slowest-moving river. When rain fills Lake Okeechobee, in south-central Florida, the lake overflows into the 50-foot wide, 1.5 million acre water filtration system and flows about one meter an hour toward the Gulf of Mexico, at the southern tip of the Sunshine State.

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Thomas, St. John and Water Island. The Virgin Islands rely on ocean water desalination to supply fresh water to residents and tourists. In addition all hotels collect rain water on their rooftops.

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Johns River's color, sediments and velocity. The St. Johns River is labeled a black-water river because of its deep tea color. The dark water is not from pollution, but rather from the tannic acid that leaches out of the abundance of dried leaves that fall into the swamps and tributaries that flow into the river.

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