NWC to bring connection services to Bounty Hall after $100m upgrade

According to Jamaica Observer (General News), TRELAWNY, Jamaica — With 3,000 residents in Trelawny now benefiting from a $100-million upgrade to water systems in Bounty Hall and Belfield, the National Water Commission (NWC) is set to bring connection services to the communities. The upgraded facilities were officially commissioned on Thursday. NWC Regional Manager for St James and Trelawny Herman Fagan said a customer service team will be deployed to Bounty Hall to make it easier for residents to make legal connections, eliminating the need to travel to Falmouth or Montego Bay. “We are actually taking customer service… to the community themselves, so nobody can say they have to travel all the way to Falmouth, or to Bevin Avenue in Montego Bay,” Fagan said. The project included rehabilitation of the Belfield well with a new pump and motor, electro-mechanical equipment, chlorination facilities, fencing and about 0.3 kilometres of 12