Deputy Chairman of the National Water Commission (NWC), Steven Fong-Yee, is encouraging residents seeking to acquire water, to do so through legitimate means. “Harnessing, treating and distributing water is a costly venture. I, therefore, encourage residents to apply for water through the appropriate channels and pay their bills each month,” Mr. Fong-Yee emphasized. He was speaking at the commissioning ceremony...

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be undertaking extensive pipe replacements and leak repairs in Norwood, St. James. Deputy Chairman, Steven Fong-Yee, says this forms part of the NWC’s Norwood Water Supply Improvement Project, now underway. He was addressing the commissioning ceremony for Section H of the project, on Friday (August 23). The segment was commissioned into service by National...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Ministry will be conducting surveys in short order to assess water shortages in affected schools across the country. Addressing the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 55th Annual Conference, held at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, in St. James, on August 21, Mr. Samuda said the assessment will...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, says the organisation is seeking to implement sustainable water- harvesting techniques in the sector, as it seeks to boost the country’s food security. Speaking at the recently held workshop on ‘Accelerating the Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture in Jamaica’, he informed that the Authority has conducted an...

Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Peter Clarke, says that the volume-based fee for water abstraction has been effective. The fee was implemented in April 2018 for water abstraction across all 10 of the island's hydrologic basins. It enables abstractors to vary their licences to reflect their actual usage. This will ultimately result in the abstractor saving money,...

Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Peter Clarke, says that despite the ongoing dry spell, the nation’s water sources are not critically low. “The dry spell has been having some impact on our rivers and streams (surface water sources), and even though we are noting a decrease in rainfall, we are not at a crisis,” Mr. Clarke told...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the Government is working to ensure that water supply systems are properly maintained in order to improve service to citizens. The objective, he said, is to eliminate the need to truck water to communities, which has proven to be expensive and...