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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses the commissioning ceremony for the $95-million Connors/Ginger Ridge Water Scheme in St. Catherine West Central, at the Ginger Ridge Primary School in St. Catherine, on October 11.

Improved Water Supply for Residents of St. Catherine West Central

More than 1,400 persons in St. Catherine West Central are benefiting from a $95-million investment in the Connors/Ginger Ridge Water Scheme. Water is being sourced from a spring into the pumping network that has a capacity for 50,000 gallons of...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a water truck in Clarks Town, Trelawny . Occasion was a commissioning ceremony for the truck, a ramp and pumping station on Thursday (October 5). Sharing the moment are (from left) Chief Executive Officer at the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Joseph Gyles; Chairman of the NIC Board, Nigel Myrie and Board Member at the NIC, Genille Attalla.

More Water for Farmers in Clarks Town, Trelawny

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

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.

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.

3 years ago Water

Scheduled Network Testing Activities to Impact Some Customers

The National Water Commission is advising that it will be carrying out scheduled network testing activities in some sections of Portmore. These works will be carried out on Wednesday September 13, 2023 and Thursday, September 14, 2023 respectively. Work Area Date Areas to be impacted Disruption time Intersection of Old Braeton and Mc Pherson Drive Wednesday September 13,...

National Water Commission President, Mark Barnett.

3 years ago Water

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

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, is assuring the public that the NWC is working assiduously to maintain piped water supply service to as many of its customers in Kingston and St. Andrew (KSA) as possible for as long as possible each day despite the fact that: 1. The specific watersheds serving the Hermitage Dam and the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Town Hall meeting at the Harmony Beach Park, Montego Bay, St. James, on August 31.

3 years ago Water

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...

A section of the Mona Reservoir in Kingston.

3 years ago Water

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%...

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.

3 years ago 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...

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).

3 years ago 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...

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.

3 years ago 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...