The Rural Water Supply Limited will be undertaking several projects in the new fiscal year under a $795.3-million infrastructure rehabilitation initiative. The funds, provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, will be used to upgrade water supplies in several parishes. Works include rehabilitation of catchment tanks in Trelawny, St. Ann and Manchester; as well...

The Government will commence the Montego Bay Waterfront Protection Project in the upcoming fiscal year with an allocation of $400 million. Details are given in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Activities under the project, which are expected to begin in April 2019, involve the rehabilitation of the Montego Bay Groynes. This is to reduce...

The Kingston Waterfront will come alive on New Year’s Eve with the 17th staging of the Urban Development Corporation’s ‘Fireworks on the Waterfront’, under the theme ‘Feel the Magic, Be the GLOW’. The event, which is the “the largest family-oriented event that takes place anywhere in Jamaica”, will once again branch out to include the northern half of the island....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda, has lauded the work of the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) in completing four major projects in St. James. Valued at a cost of approximately $54 million, the projects include restoration of the Spring Gardens and Montpelier water systems and improvements to the rainwater-harvesting systems...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Karl Samuda, is imploring citizens to pay their water bills, as this contributes to the continued development of the country’s water infrastructure. “I am going to appeal to those who will benefit from these systems, that when the water is supplied, you must make your contribution. You...

More than 7,000 residents of several communities in South St. James now have access to an improved water supply, following the Rural Water Supply Limited’s (RWSL) completion of four major projects in that region at a cost of approximately $54 million. The projects include rehabilitation of the Spring Gardens water supply system; upgrading of the Montpelier water supply system; and...

The National Water Commission (NWC), under their new Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) rate review request, intends to heavily subsidise the first 2,000 gallons of water used by customers. “According to international standards, 2,000 gallons of water is more than enough to supply the needs of the average family for a month,” Corporate Public Relations Manager at the NWC, Charles...