The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that the town of Mandeville in Manchester will have improvement in its water supply from a $410-million investment, over the next 24 months. Making the disclosure at a virtual quarterly press briefing on February 10, Vice President at the NWC, Garth Jackson, informed that the money is for the laying of pipelines and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is advising residents with illegal water connections to regularise their service with the National Water Commission (NWC) as the Government works to have the commodity equitably distributed to all citizens. “You have a very sympathetic and understanding government. There is no need to steal water. If you come to the NWC and say,...

The Government is to spend US$13 million over the next five years on a major project aimed at reducing water loss and improving supply of the precious commodity to residents of Portmore in St. Catherine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (December 17), signed the contract for the Portmore Co-management Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Programme, during a...

The National Water Commission has made a major technological leap in its telephone communication system that will significantly improve the information and communication experience of its customers. Starting tomorrow, December 17, 2020, the highly advanced Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system will be available when persons call the Contact Centre. When persons dial the NWC’s toll-free...

Nearly 100,000 Jamaicans are poised to benefit from improved water supply, under a major project to be executed with funding support of US$30 million from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The loan was approved for allocation from the Bank’s Special Resources Funds to the Government of Jamaica, by the CDB’s Board of Directors during their meeting on December 10. A...

The National Water Commission office in Martha Brae, Trelawny has been closed as a precautionary health measure. Persons who wish to do business with the NWC can utilise the following online platforms: Web chat via NWC website: https://www.nwcjamaica.com Facebook:                   http://www.facebook.com/NWCjam Twitter:                       http://twitter.com/NWCjam Instagram:                   http://www.instagram.com/nwcjam Customers may make payments via any of the following: iPay – found on the NWC website Any of the various...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is making good on its warning, as it has started enforcing a massive and widespread disconnection drive to collect outstanding payments from customers who have arrears with the utility company. Having facilitated write-off arrangements earlier this year with fewer than 10,000 customers taking up these offers, the NWC is now declaring that it will not...