Water Commission says enough water in Corporate Area dams to serve until October

The National Water Commission is assuring Corporate Area residents supplied by the Hermitage and Mona Dams that there’s enough water to last until the next rainy period in October.

This as Jamaicans brace for worsening drought conditions over the next few months.

Last evening, Water Minister Robert Pickersgill warned that the situation had deteriorated considerably.

Speaking on Nationwide This Morning, the NWC’s Vice President of Water Operations, Mark Blair, said this year’s drought is much worse than the one that crippled the country in 2009 and 10.

The NWC has been operating under emergency conditions since February.

But Blair assures that with the mitigation efforts currently being employed, there is enough supply to last until October.

But that’s if the rains do come.

According to Water Minister Robert Pickersgill, the May/June rainy period produced only about 30-percent of the normal rainfall.

And October isn’t expected to be much better.

Jamaicans are hoping those predictions are wrong, and the drought will indeed be alleviated in the latter part of this year.

In the meantime, the NWC is continuing efforts to avoid the potential disaster, that one day soon, the pipes will run dry.