The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that at least four of its water supply systems have dried up as a result of ongoing drought conditions in sections of the island.
The NWC says its Higgin Town, Dawson and Content plants in St Ann are out of water.
So too has the Violet Bank system in rural St Andrew.
Further, the commission says four other systems (Seville #1, New Ground, Avisfield and Blackstonedge) have each declined to as little as 9% – 10% of normal production.
The utility company reports that about 90 of its 450 water supply systems islandwide are now being affected by varying degrees of drought conditions.
The NWC says the most affected systems are in the Eastern Division.
LIST OF FACILITIES AFFECTED BY DROUGHT CONDITIONS
The agency says the worst-affected systems are primarily surface-water-fed systems mainly in: –
Portland: 8 systems
St Mary: 8 systems
St Ann: 10 systems
St Thomas: 4 systems
Clarendon: 11 systems
Kingston and St. Andrew: 31 systems
In the Corporate Area, the declining inflows have resulted in both the 393MG-capacity Hermitage Dam and the 809MG-capacity Mona Reservoir falling to 37.5% and 26.2% of their respective capacities.
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