Long Look Sewage Pump Station commissioned
The pump station was officially commissioned today, February 17, 2026, during a brief ceremony.
“Today, we are taking decisive action to eliminate the long-standing challenges in this community,” he stated.
Improving sanitation
The pump station will serve the eastern corridor, including Long Swamp, Greenland, and Fat Hogs Bay, by pumping wastewater to the Paraquita Bay treatment plant. This project aims to improve sanitation and prevent raw sewage from flowing in the streets, and it will require residential connections.
Honourable Rymer added, "Today, with the commissioning of this Long Swamp Pump Station, we are locking three of these pillars together. The pump station will collect sewage to the existing network and pump it through the mains to Paraquita Bay after we flip the switch today, and the system goes live, the commissioning process begins, and we'll see the full system run cohesively."
Weeks of testing
The minister assured residents that the new pump station will effectively transport sewage to the treatment plant at the required tertiary level. He stated that after a few weeks of testing, the plant will be fully commissioned as an “active, functional treatment facility, working in tandem with this pump station.”
"The pathway is clear. The system is ready. It works. It only needs to be fed with sewage now. We will flip the switch on a live system, not to sell dreams but to deliver reality," Hon Rymer added.
Free connection for limited time
Virgin Islanders are encouraged to sign up for the system, as “this system will only reach its full potential if you connect to it.”
He emphasised that the financial burden has been removed; therefore, Virgin Islanders who register with the Water and Sewerage Department before the end of the year will have their connection costs covered by the government, "Free of charge".
"I'm not asking you to do this government a favour. I'm asking you to do it for yourselves, for your families, for your property values, for the cleanliness of your neighbourhood. Let us hook up to this system and keep our communities clean, beautiful, and healthy," Hon Rymer remarked.
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16 Responses to “Long Look Sewage Pump Station commissioned”
this sh** should have been done 35 years ago
I guess politics has no limits. Gotta do a photo op and ribbon cut at every possible opportunity
PARI. to assist the farmers who have been begging for water for their crops for YEARS now ?
More SPIN ; come clear to the ppl —- Show us that this project was thought through—designed and executed with COMMON SENSE for Now and the Future —— OR —- will it be pumped into the SAME LAGOON from whence the WATER PLANT sucks water to be treated ??