The National Water Commission is advising its customers that water supply to the St. Andrew communities of Queensborough, Queensbury and its Environs is now further impacted by a secondary pipeline break. The Company is further indicating that the leak has been isolated (supply locked off) as its plumbing team carries out the necessary repair work. Estimated Timeline: 2pm, today, Tuesday...

Shouts of celebration rippled among residents gathered in Top Aberdeen, St. Elizabeth, as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, officially commissioned the community’s water supply into service. The project, spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development through Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), was completed at a cost of $110 million, funded by the...

Shouts of celebration rippled among residents gathered in Top Aberdeen, St. Elizabeth, as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, officially commissioned the community’s water supply into service. The project, spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development through Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), was completed at a cost of $110 million, funded by the...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that the Government is targeting the establishment of an additional 30 water shops in the next financial year, beginning April 1, to increase access to the commodity in several communities across the island. “We are looking to start another one in Commodore, Portland. There is one more to be...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has now taken customer care delivery to another dimension following the February 9 official opening of its newly renovated and refurbished customer care office at its premises located at 1 Lower Bevin Avenue in Montego Bay, St. James. It has been a dream for the past 10 years to transform the cramped commercial space into...

As Jamaicans continue to embrace technology and the thrust continues for real-time information in the virtual space, the National Water Commission (NWC) has proactively been transforming its services as part of an overall drive to be a more customer-centric organisation. To this end, the NWC will launch its Customer Web Access (CWA) Portal in February 2022. This portal, which will...

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, on December 21, officially commissioned into service the Belle Tierre Reservoir in St. Ann, which was constructed by Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, at a cost of US$800,000. The rainwater harvesting facility is situated on Noranda’s mining lands and can hold approximately 17 million gallons of water to be used to wet the roads...