The Government is assessing small desalination projects linked to solar and pumped hydro storage in St Thomas and Clarendon, but rules out a national scheme on cost grounds.

Kingstons high-rise boom has outpaced its water infrastructure. A Gleaner editorial argues the fix should be mandatory rainwater harvesting on new buildings, not just more NWC pipeline spending.

Kingstons high-rise boom has outpaced its water infrastructure. A Gleaner editorial argues the fix should be mandatory rainwater harvesting on new buildings, not just more NWC pipeline spending.

Kingstons high-rise boom has outpaced its water infrastructure. A Gleaner editorial argues the fix should be mandatory rainwater harvesting on new buildings, not just more NWC pipeline spending.

NWC customers served by the Mona Dam, including Liguanea, Mountain View and parts of New Kingston, will receive water only from 6am to 6pm from 3 August as drought persists.

A National Water Commission representative is still working to reassure communities that have been without reliable piped water supply for nine months following Hurricane Melissa — a situation that has direct and serious consequences for the habitability, hygiene, and property values of affected areas.

Trelawny residents have gone nine months without piped water since Hurricane Melissa. A local councillor says only a demonstration will get the National Water Commission’s real attention.

Phase one of the Western Water Resilience Improvement Project has begun on the Elegant Corridor in St James, bringing lane closures and a timeline stretching to 2028.

Ground has been broken on a $147.8 million NWC project to replace a 50-year-old water main in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, benefiting about 1,200 residents in 300 households.

As Hurricane Melissa crossed Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the Christian relief group Samaritan’s Purse put teams on standby and began loading tarpaulins, shelter materials, water systems and solar lights for an airlift from North Carolina.