Residents of St. Thomas Eastern are set to benefit from improved water supply under a project to upgrade the Airy Castle/Port Morant water system. Member of Parliament for St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles, said the upgrade forms part of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) rural water supply programme. She was making her maiden contribution to the State of the...

The National Water Commission (NWC) recently completed the Luana to Middle Quarters Pipeline Replacement project, valued at over JA $100 million, in the parish of St. Elizabeth. Highlighting the main objectives of the project was NWC’s Regional Manager Jermaine Jackson. “The project will greatly increase the efficiency and reliability of water supply to Luana, Baptist, Point, Middle Quarters and a...

Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South East, Robert Miller, says residents of Myrtle Way in Portmore, will soon have access to electricity and potable water in their homes. Making his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, recently, the MP reported that access to the utilities is being made possible through partnership involving...

Work has started on phase three of the $2.7-billion Greater Mandeville Water Supply Improvement Project. The project includes the supply of well pumps and transmission pipeline replacements; supply and installation of a 200,000-imperial gallon steel tank; construction of three new well sites; and installation of new transmission mains to replace aged infrastructure, and seven new pumping units. “When completed, more...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has collected $900 million in outstanding payments since the entity’s disconnection drive commenced in late 2020. President, Mark Barnett, who noted that some 20,700 accounts in arrears are being targeted, said the figure includes $384 million collected between May and July from 9,000 customers, whose service was subsequently restored. “It may not seem much compared...

National Water Commission (NWC) President, Mark Barnett, says the organisation will be donating 10 tablet computers to one school in each parish. Mr. Barnett pointed out that while the organisation has not yet contacted the beneficiary schools identified, the entity’s regional managers are “keen to work closely with those institutions, especially [in] assessing the needs that exist in those communities”....

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, is urging mining industries to be mindful of chemical spills into the Rio Cobre River. He stated that there are still signs of chemical spills in the river, which poses a challenge for supplying 50,000 customers in the Spanish Town, St. Catherine, area with water. He made the disclosure during a...