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National Water Commission (NWC), Chairman, Mark Barnett, addresses a special committee meeting of the National Disaster Risk Management Council at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in Kingston on Friday, September 23, 2022.
National Water Commission (NWC), Chairman, Mark Barnett, addresses a special committee meeting of the National Disaster Risk Management Council at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in Kingston on Friday, September 23, 2022.

NWC Lifts Prohibition Order

The National Water Commission (NWC) is today (Friday, October 6, 2023) lifting the Prohibition Order it had earlier this year imposed against the non-essential or excessive use of water it supplies in certain sections of the country. The Prohibition Order...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.

Gov’t Investing in Improving Water Sector’s Resilience
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), conversing with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre) and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, at today’s (September 13) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), conversing with Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre) and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, at today’s (September 13) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

Additional $150 Million to be Spent on Response to Drought
Senior Design Engineer at the National Water Commission (NWC), Erron Reid (left), makes a point to Deputy Managing Director at M&M Jamaica Limited, Richard Mullings (centre), and Vice President at the National Water Commission (NWC), Garth Jackson, while at the Spanish Town leg of the major NWC improvement project recently.
Senior Design Engineer at the National Water Commission (NWC), Erron Reid (left), makes a point to Deputy Managing Director at M&M Jamaica Limited, Richard Mullings (centre), and Vice President at the National Water Commission (NWC), Garth Jackson, while at the Spanish Town leg of the major NWC improvement project recently.

Scheduled Network Testing Activities to Impact Some Customers
National Water Commission President, Mark Barnett.
National Water Commission President, Mark Barnett.

NWC Aims to Provide Best Possible Supply Despite 12-Months Long Drought – NWC President

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Town Hall meeting at the Harmony Beach Park, Montego Bay, St. James, on August 31.
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Gov’t to Undertake US$209m Water Improvement Project in Northwestern Parishes

The Government will be spending approximately US$209 million to implement the Northwestern Parishes Reliability and Service Improvement Project. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement, said the project is intended to address water concerns and challenges in Jamaica’s northwestern parishes resulting from, among other factors, rapidly deteriorating archaic pipelines. He was addressing a Town Hall on...
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A section of the Mona Reservoir in Kingston.
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NWC Implements Adjusted Water Supply Schedule as Mona Reservoir Storage Levels Continue to Decline

Effective Monday, September 4, 2023, the National Water Commission (NWC) will be implementing an adjusted water supply schedule for customers served by the Mona Water Treatment Plant in St Andrew. With drought conditions persisting and little to no rainfall in the Corporate Area, inflows to the Mona Reservoir have been woefully low with catchment levels at the facility reaching 34.3%...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), points towards the Forestry Department’s Constant Spring Road nursery, for which he commissioned a rainwater harvesting system on Tuesday (August 29). With him is Principal Director of Forest Operations at the Department, Donna Lowe.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

Rainwater Harvesting and Upgraded Irrigation Systems Commissioned at Forestry Department Nurseries

Cost savings and efficient water use will abound for the Forestry Department following the commissioning of a rainwater harvesting system at the agency’s Constant Spring Road Nursery and upgraded irrigation systems at its Mount Airy Nursery in St. Andrew. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, led the commissioning ceremony...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, brings remarks at the commissioning ceremony for rainwater harvesting and upgraded irrigation systems, at the Forestry Department in Kingston, today (August 29).
Water

Rural Water Resilience Programme to Be Launched in September

Come next month, the Government will launch a rural water resilience programme as it moves to ramp up rainwater harvesting among Jamaicans, where and when appropriate. The announcement was made today (August 29) by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, at the commissioning ceremony for rainwater harvesting and upgraded...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third left), points to the sign for the $12-million Fairfield water shop in St. Elizabeth, which was commissioned on Monday, August 21. Others (from left) are Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster; Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Franklin Witter, and Councillor for the Myersville Division, Layton Smith.
Local GovernmentWater

Residents of Fairfield, St. Elizabeth, Get Water Shop

Residents of Fairfield District in St. Elizabeth are benefiting from a $12-million water shop, commissioned into service by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on August 21. The facility will provide up to 16,000 gallons of potable water daily to some 1,000 residents in Fairfield and surrounding areas. It comes equipped with the technologies to filter...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), converses with Minister of Tourism and St. James East Central Member of Parliament, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), while visiting the Rhyne Park water supply system in the constituency on August 18. Accompanying them are (from second left) Senior Advisor and Strategist at the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright and NEC Regional Manager for St. James and Trelawny, Herman Fagan.
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Rhyne Park Water System Upgrade Nearing Completion

Upgrade of the Rhyne Park Water supply system in St. James, which will benefit scores of residents, is close to completion. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, who visited the facility on Friday (August 18). The Minister viewed work being conducted on the number one...
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