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<span style="font-weight: bold">NWC still struggling despite implementing restriction </span>
Friday, 27 November 2009
Days after instituting daily water lock offs the National Water Commission (NWC) says it is struggling to provide the commodity to householders even within the hours they should be getting water.
Friday morning the RJR News Centre was deluged with calls from irate consumers complaining that they have had no water for several days.
NWC's Corporate Public Relations Manager Charles Buchanan told RJR News demand is outstripping supply.
"<span style="font-weight: bold">We do not have the volume of water to serve the normal way</span>. Unfortunately when we do the restriction at night. There are some persons and some areas depending on issues such as their elevation depending on where they fall on the pipe distribution network and many other variables that may have either low water pressure or no water," Mr. Buchanan said.
He says the Commission has instituted trucking of water to affected communities.
Meanwhile school administrators are also grappling with the lack of water.
The operations of several schools have been affected due to the restrictions.
Principal of the Ardenne High School in St. Andrew Esther Tyson told RJR News that for the third straight day she will have to close the doors early.
She urged the Ministry of Education and the NWC to approach the crisis collectively.
"We are in a crisis situation with the H1N1 complicating the situation so this matter is critical and so the Ministry of Education and the NWC need to get together and work out a solution that we can somehow have normal school because the children are losing learning time. We cannot manage it on an individual school basis," Mrs. Tyson said.
And Mr. Buchanan told RJR News schools, hospitals and clinics are at the top of the Agency's priority list.
"The officials representing those institutions where they are experiencing particular challenges are urged to get in touch with the management of the National Water Commission to advise of those particular things so they can be given the priority attention to those areas," Mr. Buchanan said.
Friday, 27 November 2009
Days after instituting daily water lock offs the National Water Commission (NWC) says it is struggling to provide the commodity to householders even within the hours they should be getting water.
Friday morning the RJR News Centre was deluged with calls from irate consumers complaining that they have had no water for several days.
NWC's Corporate Public Relations Manager Charles Buchanan told RJR News demand is outstripping supply.
"<span style="font-weight: bold">We do not have the volume of water to serve the normal way</span>. Unfortunately when we do the restriction at night. There are some persons and some areas depending on issues such as their elevation depending on where they fall on the pipe distribution network and many other variables that may have either low water pressure or no water," Mr. Buchanan said.
He says the Commission has instituted trucking of water to affected communities.
Meanwhile school administrators are also grappling with the lack of water.
The operations of several schools have been affected due to the restrictions.
Principal of the Ardenne High School in St. Andrew Esther Tyson told RJR News that for the third straight day she will have to close the doors early.
She urged the Ministry of Education and the NWC to approach the crisis collectively.
"We are in a crisis situation with the H1N1 complicating the situation so this matter is critical and so the Ministry of Education and the NWC need to get together and work out a solution that we can somehow have normal school because the children are losing learning time. We cannot manage it on an individual school basis," Mrs. Tyson said.
And Mr. Buchanan told RJR News schools, hospitals and clinics are at the top of the Agency's priority list.
"The officials representing those institutions where they are experiencing particular challenges are urged to get in touch with the management of the National Water Commission to advise of those particular things so they can be given the priority attention to those areas," Mr. Buchanan said.
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