More than 7,000 residents in and around the Watermount area of St. Catherine now have access to potable water from the $220-million upgraded system. The communities being served by the Watermount Water Supply System are Mendez, Back Pasture, Cudjoe’s Hill, Old Works, Watermount, Barry and Pedro. It was developed by the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL). The St. Catherine Municipal...

The Greater Mandeville Water Supply Improvement Project will ensure reliable access to water for thousands of residents of Manchester and sections of neighbouring St. Elizabeth, addressing years of water woes. The multibillion-dollar project, which spans five years, is now in its third year of development. It includes the supply of well pumps and transmission pipeline replacements, supply and installation of...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to conserve on their use of water as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of drought conditions. “I am appealing to all Jamaicans to be conservative in the use of water. We are not yet at the point where we would declare certain orders in terms of the usage of water, but we could get...

Some 600 households spanning seven communities in St. Ann are benefiting from improved access to potable water following the commissioning of a 50,000-gallon storage tank in the parish on Thursday (February 23). The $17-million glass-fused-to-steel bolted tank, located in Liberty district, replaces an old 20,000-gallon capacity metal structure that had deteriorated. It serves Liberty, Roadside, New Banks, Tanglewood, Lewis, Coolshade...

Citizens in communities where water shops have been established are being reminded that the facilities are to be utilised for domestic purposes only. The water shop concept is intended to provide potable water for residents in regions across the island that are usually affected by drought. Speaking at the recent opening of a facility in Mile Gully in Manchester, Local...

Members of the public are being urged to practise water conservation, in light of limited supply of the commodity. Information from the National Water Commission (NWC) indicates that continued drought conditions have impacted inflows to several surface water sources. The current water level at the Hermitage Dam is 63.5 per cent, and the Mona Reservoir is at 76 per cent....

A 50,000-gallon storage tank, valued at $22 million, has been commissioned in York Town, Clarendon, by the National Water Commission (NWC) to improve service delivery. The project was completed under the NWC’s Tank and Pump Rehabilitation for Operational Efficiency Improvement Programme. Six hundred residents of the communities of York Town, Howells Content, Bullards Content, Hopewell, Parnassus, Denbigh Drive, Foga Road...