VIWMA Shuts Down Waste Treatment Plant At Mangrove Lagoon In St. Thomas

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Environmental News, Health News, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that the sewage receiving area at the Mangrove Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Plant on St. Thomas is closed until further notice.

The VIWMA Preserving Paradise team said that it “truly apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause and would like to thank the community for their patience and cooperation.”

For additional information, contact Communications Management at (340) 513-4171 or email communications@viwma.org

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.