NWC says it needs approximately $30b annually to improve infrastructure and service delivery
21 October 2026
NWC says it needs approximately $30b annually to improve infrastructure and service delivery – IRIE FM
October 21, 2026
Written bySugar Ray Thomas
The National Water Commission (NWC) needs approximately $30 billion annually to improve its infrastructure and service delivery.
The figure was provided by NWC’s Acting President Kevin Kerr at yesterday’s meeting of the Public Accounts Committee.
He indicated that a World Bank study estimated that Jamaica’s water sector required an investment of US$5 billion to transform the sector.
Noting that the NWC’s infrastructure is well over 50 years, Mr. Kerr said the international best practice requires that a water utility like the size of NWC should replace its assets every year by one per cent.
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