Jamaica’s first water resources master plan since 1990 will be launched on World Water Day, March 22, at the AC Hotel by Marriott in New Kingston. The plan was developed by the Water Resources Authority (WRA), which has responsibility for managing the country’s water resources. Chief Hydrologist at the WRA, Geoffrey Marshall, made the disclosure while speaking at a Jamaica...

As the country continues to be affected by escalating oil prices in light of the unfolding crisis due to the Russia-Ukraine war, the National Water Commission (NWC) will be implementing targeted proactive measures so that it is able to continue key operations to serve its customers. As part of those measures, there will be outages and shutdown of some NWC...

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...