SEVERAL issues affecting operations at the National Water Commission (NWC) have caused major water lock-offs across the Corporate Area, the entity’s Corporate Public Relations Manager Charles Buchanan has said. In fact, water lock-offs are expected to affect Christmas Day activities in some households, even as the NWC carries out repair work on several broken pipelines.

“Yes, we are experiencing severe problems due to an unfortunate combination of issues, at the base of which is the major problem at the pipeline out at Ferry, which was broken and must be repaired,” Buchanan told the Jamaica Observeryesterday.

Added to that, Buchanan said that the country has entered into the usual dry season, accompanied by major and repeat breaks of pipelines along Spanish Town Road and on Constant Spring Road. “Those particular areas have critical distribution infrastructure, so whenever breaks occur on those pipes in the network, either the break itself causes a disruption in the supply or attempts to do the repairs forces a shutdown in the system — which causes disruption,” he said.(Jamaica Observer)…[+]