Extensive work was undertaken to boost the provision of and access to potable water:
Water Tanks and Pumps Rehabilitation Programme
• Installation of $20 million 50,000 gallon glass-fused-to-steel bolted tank in Dalvey, St. Thomas, to serve more than 4,500 residents.
• Commissioning of a $17-million 50,000-gallon storage tank to serve some 600 households spanning seven communities in St. Ann.
• The glass-fused-to-steel bolted tank, was installed in Liberty District, to serve that community as well as Roadside, New Banks, Tanglewood, Lewis, Coolshade Housing Scheme and Hartland.
• A 50,000 gallon storage tank, valued $22 million, was commissioned in York Town, Clarendon.
• Commissioning of the $31 million Macka Hill Pipeline Replacement Project in St. Mary.
• $25 million upgrading project for Mitchel Town and its environs in St. Mary.
• New 20,000 gallon tank and various rainwater harvesting mechanisms installed at Albert Town High School in Trelawny at a cost of $4.5 million.
Pipeline Replacement Project
• The $450 million Waltham Park Road Pipeline Replacement Project, which serves 20,000 persons, was completed.
• An Instrumentation and Meters Laboratory opened at the National Water Commission.
• More than 1,400 persons in St. Catherine West Central are benefiting from a $95 million investment in the Connors/Ginger Ridge Water Scheme.
• The Cedar Hill Tank and Somerton Water Supply project in St. James was commissioned into service.
• 30 new pickup trucks were added to the NWC fleet to boost service delivery to customers across more than 450,000 accounts.
Environment
• Commissioning of a rainwater harvesting system at the Forestry Department’s Constant Spring Road Nursery, and upgraded irrigation systems at the entity’s Mount Airy Nursery in St. Andrew.
• Another phase of the $41 million Treasure Beach Drain- age Improvement Project in St. Elizabeth was completed.