So, we have been fully neglected,” charged Bucky. Dem go river go wash dem clothes and other things. We have shower and can't go under the shower. However, it is now costing him approximately $15,000 per month for trucked water to fill a 650-gallon tank. Last weekend one resident of Ginger Hill, who gave his name as Bucky, said he worked on the construction of the water tank which remains in a good condition.Īccording to Bucky, two decades ago, he would pay approximately $600 per month for water bills. Since then, the community has been depending on trucked water from some 10 trucks which make several trips each day.

Water was expected to be pumped from the Logwood Treatment Plant for approximately 18 kilometres to the tank located in Ginger Hill, Kingsvale.īut residents of Kingsvale say the community had water in the pipes intermittently for six months after the construction of the tank before the pipes went dry. The Hanover councillors also took the NWC to task as they pointed to the lack of water supply in the Kingsvale area of the parish despite a steel tank erected by the company some 25 years ago. The contractors are there, the road will soon complete and NWC is going to come and dig up that road,” charged Samuels, in reference to work being carried out on a roadway in Pell River. “We made the sacrifice and got the cussing from people and this is what is happening to us now. We don't clean any drains for six months just to get the monies to do rehabilitation work on the different roads within our divisions that were well in need of repairs. “What the councillors have done is to give up all their allocation. Samuels was leading the charge as members of the Hanover Municipal Corporation chided the NWC for what they claimed was its failure to have leaking pipes repaired and in one case, failure to provide water to one community for the past 25 years.Īccording to Samuels, leaking NWC pipes are underneath the main road in the town of Lucea causing damage to the road surface and in some cases, when repairs are done by the water commission, the road surface is poorly covered with marl.Īlso of concern to the mayor, and other councillors, was the slow response of the NWC to calls to have work done on pipelines before major rehabilitation work is carried out on roads in some sections of the parish. LUCEA, Hanover - Mayor of Lucea Sheridan Samuels has blasted the National Water Commission (NWC), describing the State-owned entity as “a menace to the society”.

He a menace to society