Community Engagement
- UVI In the Community
- Research & Public Service (RPS)
- Alliance for Responsive Investment in Children’s Health: Virgin Islands (A RICH VI)
- Agricultural Experiment Station (AES)
- Center for the Study of Spirituality & Professionalism (CSAP)
- Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning (CELL) Center
- Caribbean Exploratory Research Center (CERC)
- Cooperative Extension Service (CES)
- Cybersecurity Program & Activities
- Emerging Caribbean Scientists (ECS) Programs
- Etelman Observatory
- Institute for Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness (ILOE)
- Office of Self Determination and Constitutional Development
- Reichhold Center for the Arts
- Safety in Paradise (SIP)
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
- St. John Academic Center
- Summer Programs
- The Caribbean Writer
- VI-EPSCoR
- VI Writing Project
- Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station (VIERS)
- Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service (VIMAS)
- Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD)
- WUVI Student Radio Station
- Community Service Photos
- Caribbean Film & Artistic Cinematic Festival (CF&AVF)
NonPoint Source Pollution Education
Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS) results from rain water flowing over and through the ground, picking up pollutants (soil, oil, grease, bacteria, pathogens, heavy metals, nutrients, pesticides and other contaminants), carrying them away and depositing them into guts, wetlands, salt ponds, beaches, coastal waters and ground water.
The St. Croix VIMAS office has been involved with educating the youth of our community about NPS for several years. NPS is the most prevalent form of water pollution in the territory, and it is our hope that by educating our future leaders we can find local solutions to the problem of NPS pollution.
VIMAS uses the EnviroScape®, an interactive watershed model, to teach local students about watershed dynamics and to demonstrate how NPS is generated and how it affects our environment.
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The model accurately depicts the features present in our islands' watersheds. By populating and polluting a model watershed, the students learn about NPS and its effects in a hands-on manner. |  |
Nonpoint source pollution (NPS) originates from many sources including vessel wastes and rainfall runoff from diverse areas such as construction sites, streets and parking lots, homes, farms and agricultural fields, and illegal dumping of wastes. NPS is the predominant form of pollution in the Virgin Islands. To combat NPS, VIMAS is continuing with a public education program to target students from K-12. Education is the key to controlling NPS, and by targeting the youth of the Virgin Islands, it is our goal to help define the behaviors of our future policy makers.
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