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Jamaica's water - clear, crisp, clean. There is quality in every drop!
The standard and quality of this precious commodity that flows through the pipes of the NWC's customers and consumers should never be taken for granted.

The NWC is revered as having one of the best tasting water in the region, but attaining this status is not an easy task. This is a direct result of the type of watersheds that it has, the due care that is exhibited by the teams on the ground, and the type of processes that it employs to deliver this potable water.

The company produces more than 90% of Jamaica's total potable water supply from a network of more than 160 underground wells, over 116 river sources (via water treatment plants) and 147 springs. Operating more than 1,000 water supply and over 100 sewerage facilities islandwide, the facilities vary from large raw water storage reservoirs such as Hermitage 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.

Approximately 70% of Jamaica's population is supplied via house connections from the NWC and the remaining 30% obtains water from standpipes, water trucks, wayside tanks, community catchment tanks, rainwater catchment tanks and direct access to rivers and streams. The NWC facilities also include over 10,000 kilometres of pipelines and more than 1,000 kilometres of sewer mains across the island. From rivers, springs and wells, the NWC supplies some 190 million gallons of potable water each day to persons across Jamaica!

Water is what the NWC is all about. It is its raw material and its end product. We collect, refine and distribute the purified commodity to industrial and domestic consumers over a hilly land area of 10,990 square kilometres. Despite this being a huge and costly responsibility, the Commission seeks to consistently and adequately provide potable water supply services for the Jamaican populace.