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The root of Jamaica's problems in the urban water sector are complex. Difficulty in securing the proper financial resources is problematic as the National Water Commission (NWC) has incurred losses. The NWC comes close to covering its operating costs, but does not generate any surplus, therefore finances for investment are not available. [2]
The National Water Commission (NWC), which produces more than 90% of Jamaica's total potable water supply, operates a network of more than 160 wells, over 116 river sources (via water treatment plants) and 147 springs. The various Parish Councils and a small number of private water companies supply the rest of the potable water.
According to the Land and Water Atlas of Jamaica produced by the National Irrigation Development Master Plan, rainfall regimes make irrigation a necessity for intensive agriculture in the South/Central Region of the Island (mainly covering some parts of the Parishes of St Elizabeth, Manchester, Clarendon, St. Catherine, St. Andrew and an ...
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.
List of bays and coves of Jamaica: A bay is a body of water forming an indentation along the shoreline of a landmass, larger than a cove (i.e. Jade Cove) but smaller than a gulf (i.e. The Gulf or The Gulf of Mexico) Cagway Bay; Orange Bay (Hanover Parish) Orange Bay (Portland Parish) Xtabi; The following are bays in Jamaica: Buff Bay; i Montego Bay
However, micro-affordability is quite different. It measures the share of bills in the income of the poor, defined in an OECD affordability study as the lowest decile of the population. This share varies between 1.1% (Sweden, Netherlands, Italy) and 5.3% in the Slovak Republic, 9.0% in Poland and 10.3% in Turkey. [4]
The Commission was abolished by the National Water Commission (Abolition) Act 2015 in October 2014. The reason for disbanding the Commission was: the substantial progress already made in water reform and the current fiscal environment, there is no longer adequate justification for a stand-alone agency to monitor Australia's progress on water reform.
Water supply and sanitation in Jamaica (2 P) T. Water transport in Jamaica (2 C, 1 P) W. Waterfalls of Jamaica (4 P) Wetlands of Jamaica (1 C)