CORPORATE AREA residents served by the Seaview water treatment plant in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, should by now be getting water in their pipes.
Residents served by the Stony Hill facility had been without piped water since Hurricane Dennis impacted the island on July 7.
Charles Buchanan, corporate communications manager of the state-owned National Water Commission (NWC), in a statement yesterday said customers in Stony Hill, Golden Spring, sections of Jacks Hill and surrounding areas should have started getting water yesterday. He, however, pointed out that "it will take some time for the entire system to be charged with water and the pressure to build up and so areas will get the water gradually and progressively."
He said the NWC had completed repairs on the 21-inch cross-country pipeline leading from the Ginger River in the Blue Mountains to the water treatment plant. The pipeline was severely damaged by landslides triggered by heavy rainfall associated with Hurri-cane Dennis.
As a result, the NWC said it had to enlist the service of its staff, external contractors and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing to assist with carrying out the repairs.
"We have now successfully completed the difficult repair work, which included airlifting the pipes into place and transporting smaller pieces and construction equipment to the locations by donkeys," Mr. Buchanan said.
