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Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (2nd left), is assisted by North West Manchester Member of Parliament, Mikael Phillips (3rd right), to unveil sign for the newly renovated 35,000-gallon Ballynure rainwater catchment tank, during a brief ceremony in the community, on Thursday (September 17). The facility, which was renovated at a cost of $9.5 million by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), under the Ministry’s multi-million dollar Catchment Tank Rehabilitation and Rainwater Harvesting Programme, will be managed by the Manchester Parish Council. Observing (from left) are: Deputy Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Irving Facey, who represented Mayor, Councillor Brenda Ramsay; and Councillors for the New Green and Mile Gully Divisions, McArthur Collins and Fairbourne Maxwell.
Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (2nd left), is assisted by North West Manchester Member of Parliament, Mikael Phillips (3rd right), to unveil sign for the newly renovated 35,000-gallon Ballynure rainwater catchment tank, during a brief ceremony in the community, on Thursday (September 17). The facility, which was renovated at a cost of $9.5 million by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), under the Ministry’s multi-million dollar Catchment Tank Rehabilitation and Rainwater Harvesting Programme, will be managed by the Manchester Parish Council. Observing (from left) are: Deputy Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Irving Facey, who represented Mayor, Councillor Brenda Ramsay; and Councillors for the New Green and Mile Gully Divisions, McArthur Collins and Fairbourne Maxwell.

35,000-Gallon Catchment Tank Repaired in North West Manchester

By: Douglas McIntosh, September 18, 2015
Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) has repaired the 35,000-gallon Ballynure rainwater catchment tank in North West Manchester, at a cost of $9.5 million. The tank, which supplies water to approximately...
A beneficiary of the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate cHange (Ja REEACH) project, Verol Douglas (left), accepts a plaque from Director of Technical Assistance, Ja REEACH, Dian Dormer, during a partner recognition and project closing luncheon, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, today (September 16).

Thousands Benefit From Ja REEACH Project

By: Chris Patterson, September 17, 2015
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left) and State Minister, Hon. Ian Hayles (right), share a light moment with recently commissioned land surveyors Andy Jackson (2nd left); and Glen Watson at a commissioning ceremony at the Ministry on September 2.

Land Surveyors Urged To Assist the Landless

By: O. Rodger Hutchinson, September 8, 2015

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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (seated, head table), addresses Heads of agencies at the Ministry, in Kingston, on August 19. The Minister got an update of the water situation, particularly in the Corporate Area. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Alwin Hayles.
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Slight Increase in Reservoirs

The recent bouts of rainfall across the island, especially in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), have resulted in a slight increase in the intake of water to the National Water...
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By: O. Rodger Hutchinson, August 20, 2015