National Water Commission of Jamaica

Business View Caribbean 3 supplies more than a half million of those persons with wastewater services, as well. Approximately 73 percent of Jamaica’s population is supplied via house connections from the National Water Commission and the remaining 27 percent obtains water from stand- pipes, water trucks, wayside tanks, community catch- ment tanks, rainwater catchment tanks, and direct ac- cess to rivers and streams. Approximately 30 percent of Jamaica’s population is served by sewerage facilities operated by the NWC. This includes some small sewerage systems, utiliz- ing package plants, which are associated with hous- ing developments in various locations throughout the country. The disposal of the sewage generated in the remainder of the population is done through various types of on-site systems such as septic tanks, soak- away pits, tile fields and pit latrines, or other systems operated by other entities. The NWC operates more than 1,000 water supply, and over 100 sewerage facilities, islandwide. These vary from large raw water storage reservoirs at Her- mitage and Mona in St. Andrew and the Great River treatment plant in St. James, to medium sized and small diesel-driven pumping installations serving rural towns and villages across Jamaica. The NWC facilities also include over 10,000 kilometers of pipelines and more than 1,000 kilometers of sewer mains across AT A GLANCE WHO: The National Water Commission of Jamaica WHAT: The main provider of potable water sup- ply, and the collection, treatment and disposal of wastewater services in Jamaica WHERE: Kingston, Jamaica WEBSITE : www.nwcjamaica.com