The National Water Commission (NWC) is Jamaica’s premier water service provider, charged with the responsibility of satisfying the island’s most critical water supply and wastewater service needs, impacting on all aspects of daily life and economic activity.
Currently, the NWC produces more than 90% of Jamaica’s total potable water supply. More than 70% and 15% of the population are served directly with water and wastewater services, respectively, from an NWC network of more than 150 underground wells, as well as about 250 river and spring sources.
NWC recognizes that there is a need to both expand our network and increase the reliability of our services. That is, we want more of our customers to experience 24/7, all year round water service as well as improved wastewater operations. Water supply and sewerage expansions are also planned to increase access by more of the population and to support developments that are planned across the country. The NWC’s capital programme for FY 2018/19 is being managed by the Engineering and Capital Projects Department supported by the IDB Project Implementation Unit as well as technical expertise engaged through Rural Water Supply Ltd.
Currently there are approximately one hundred and twenty-nine (129) projects/contracts of various types - water, wastewater, hydrogeological - which are in the discrete stages.
Take a look at our FEATURED CAPITAL PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, or view our ISLANDWIDE WATER AND SEWERAGE PROJECTS here: nwcjamaica.com/WaterSewerageProjects
The NWC is now conducting a Customer Census Mapping Project as a part of an islandwide service improvement effort. The successful implementation of the project will provide several benefits, not just for the Commission but for its valued customers as well.
These include better service delivery, improved responsiveness to complaints, better customer service, more effective updating of the customer database, speedier detecting of billing irregularities and better locating and monitoring of services to different categories of customer accounts.
The project involves a door-to-door survey of existing and potential NWC customers, mapping them using global positioning system (GPS) devices. All project activities will be done between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, and all project representatives will also be properly identified.
March 25-March 31, 2022
Locations: Dover, Epsom, Enfield, Iterboreale, Cricket River, Gibraltar Housing Scheme, Annotto Bay, Forte George, Long Road, Camberwell, Pleasant Hills, Grays Inns, Company Hill, Agualta Vale.
The Greater Mandeville Water Supply System (GMWSS) comprises a series of lift stations that obtain water from wells located at Peppers in St. Elizabeth. The electricity cost to operate this system is among the five highest within the NWC. The main elements of this system, which include trunk mains, are almost 30 years old, and sections of the distribution network are much older.
The level of non-revenue water (NRW) on this system is estimated to be almost 65%. Consequently, the NWC intends to continue to extend its customer base by supplying potable water to more people; increasing revenue and improving supply to existing customers serviced by this system under the OUR K-Factor Programme.
A series of lift stations will be used to bring water from wells located at Peppers, St Elizabeth, into Manchester. The project includes the replacement of major sections of the Greater Mandeville transmission and distribution pipeline network; acquisition of new well sites and improvements and re-designing of the existing well sites; and repairing aged infrastructure to reduce leaks.
Water Supply to Perth Housing Development and Initial Water Supply Improvement to Mandeville
The NWC has partnered with Non-Revenue Water reduction specialist Miya in a co-management approach to achieve its NRW objectives, as well as the institutional capacity to sustain and improve NRW. The NRW Reduction Co-Management Programme is being implemented in the Kingston and St. Andrew area and is expected to be replicated island wide upon its successful completion.
The project includes the rehabilitation/replacement of components of the NWC’s existing sewage treatment plant at Anchovy, Port Antonio.
he project works include designing and building the components required to facilitate the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage which includes the rehabilitation or replacement of components of the NWC’s existing sewage treatment plant at Anchovy which is located east of Port Antonio. The Works entails the complete design, construction, supply, delivery, offloading, erection, site installation, testing and commissioning and putting into reliable service of Civil Works, Mechanical and Electrical Plant and Automatic Control Systems as necessary to meet performance requirements stipulated by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA).
Designing, supplying and installing all electro–mechanical equipment (pumps, motors, electrical controls and instrumentation) pipework, valves, screening devices, standby generators as well as all associated items for three (3) Pumping Stations i.e. Pump Station 1 (PS1), Pump Station 2 (PS2) and Relift Station 1 (RS1);
Designing, supplying and installing approximately 2.5 km of force and gravity sewers between the terminal pumping station in Port Antonio and the proposed treatment plant site at Anchovy; and
Designing, manufacturing, supplying, erecting and commissioning into service a 1000m3/day sewage treatment plant at the existing Anchovy WWTP, Portland, including all associated earthworks, foundations, general civil works, etc.
The Project involves design and construction services for the decommissioning of three (3) existing NWC sewage treatment facilities. This is being done by designing and constructing three (3) conveyance systems to allow for the appropriate diversion/transfer of flows from the NWC’s Acadia, Bay Farm Villas and Hughenden WwTPs to the Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Works being performed include (but are not limited to) the complete design, construction, supply, delivery, offloading, erection, site installation, testing and commissioning, and putting into reliable service of Civil Works, Mechanical and Electrical Plant, Automatic Control Systems and Instrumentation (SCADA) where appropriate, and placing the systems into operation to meet the design and performance requirements
The project includes the rehabilitation/replacement of components of the NWC’s existing sewage treatment plant at Anchovy, Port Antonio.
he project works include designing and building the components required to facilitate the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage which includes the rehabilitation or replacement of components of the NWC’s existing sewage treatment plant at Anchovy which is located east of Port Antonio. The Works entails the complete design, construction, supply, delivery, offloading, erection, site installation, testing and commissioning and putting into reliable service of Civil Works, Mechanical and Electrical Plant and Automatic Control Systems as necessary to meet performance requirements stipulated by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA).
Consistent with Jamaica’s Vision 2030 and government policy of making potable water accessible by all Jamaicans and ensuring that sewage generated in major urban centers is treated to meet tertiary quality standards in order to protect the natural environment, National Water Commission is currently undertaking more than 100 projects at various stages of the project development and implementation life cycle.
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