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...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has restored 208 of 210 facilities that were impacted during the recent passage of Tropical Storm Grace. This was disclosed by NWC President, Mark Barnett, during the Commission’s digital quarterly briefing on Thursday (September 2). Mr. Barnett advised that the facilities sustained damage amounting to $26 million. These, he noted, were mainly affected by turbidity...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising residents of St. Thomas, that its Customer Census Mapping Project will be moving into several communities across the parish, starting September 2021. The Customer Census Mapping Project involves NWC field representative's carrying out, door-to-door survey of existing and potential customers, as well as network mapping utilizing global positioning system (GPS) devices.    The digital...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising the public that it will be conducting its Customer Census Mapping Project in the parish of St. Elizabeth starting Monday, September 6, 2021. The NWC Customer Census Mapping Project involves a door-to-door survey of existing and potential NWC customers and mapping them using global positioning system (GPS) devices so that the NWC can...

Although there has been an announcement by Prime Minister The Most Honouarble Andrew Holness that there will be new curfew measures, the National Water Commission (NWC) being an essential service provider, will continue all field operations. This is to ensure that customers who are served by the utility company continue to have access to water and sewerage services. The various...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has partnered with M&M Jamaica Limited to facilitate skills development for young engineers through hands-on experience. NWC Vice President, Garth Jackson, says under the six-month collaboration, several engineers have been assigned to the Spanish Town leg of the Commission’s major improvement project, being undertaken by M&M. "We have agreed with M&M that we will both...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says the Government is working to address the inefficiencies at the National Water Commission (NWC) to improve its operations. “We are in the process of fixing the NWC to be fit for the purpose that Jamaicans need it to be,” Mr. Hill said,...