NWC to restore service after glitch at Marlie Mount facility

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Apr 29, 2019 09:35 AM | News

Customers served by the National Water Commission (NWC) Marlie Mount facility “hopefully” should see service return later today, Clive Brown, manager of the Old Harbour region, says in an update to Old Harbour News.

Residents served by the facility have been without water from about 11:30 am yesterday due to a mechanical problem, Brown said.

He explained further that while engineers were resolving the mechanical issue another glitch in the system materalised, this time electrical in nature.

The team, he said, has spent much of the night trying to remedy the problem to restore service as quickly as possible.

“I can’t put a definitive timeframe, but hopefully you should have water at some point during the course of today,” Brown said.

The areas currently affected are Marlie Mount, Old Harbour Villa, Church Pen and surrounding communities.

#NWCNewstream | DAMAGED EQUIPMENT IMPACTS WATER SUPPLY IN MARLIE MOUNT, ST CATHERINEThe National Water Commission wishes to advise that equipment damaged by electrical fault has forced the shutdown of operations at the Marlie Mount Water supply facility.. pic.twitter.com/PmU9vKyWTX

— NWC Jamaica (@NWCjam) April 29, 2019

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