KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Water Commission (NWC) says it has become necessary given the rapid decline in inflows at the St Andrew based plant to implement nightly restrictions for the areas supplied by the Constant Spring treatment plant in the parish.

The NWC said these measures will be implemented  today (May 16) from 9:00 pm to 4:00 am the following morning and will remain in effect until further notice.

The company added that starting tomorrow (Sunday, May 1, customers will receive water supply between the hours of 5:00 am and 8:00 pm daily, while the overnight periods will be utilized to rebuild the storage levels at the NWC’s Hermitage Dam facility.

Based on the nighty reductions in operations, the NWC said customers may experience low pressures or no water conditions until regular supplies are restored the following morning.

Customers in affected areas are being urged to store water for use during the period of disruption.

Affected areas include; Constant Spring Road, Constant Spring Gardens, Constant Spring Grove, Central Avenue, Manor Park, Shortwood Road, White Hall Gardens, Red Hills Road, Queensborough, Queensbury, Hughenden, Havendale, Camperdown, Manning’s Hill Road, Arlene Gardens, Roehampton, Meadowbrook, Valentine Gardens, Calabar Mews, Ziadie Gardens, State Gardens, Molynes Road, sections of Patrick City, sections of Pembroke Hall, Sections of Duhaney Park, Eastwood Park Gardens, Half Way Tree, Hagley Park Road and roads leading off, Section of Waltham Park Road, Maxfield Avenue,  Richmond Park, Half Way Tree Road and roads leading Off, Cross Roads, Sections of Downtown Kingston including Trench Town, Jones Town, Denham and Rose Town.

The commission said there has been a lack of rainfall over the past few months, which has caused a significant reduction on inflows to the plant.  The company further noted that the inflows for May so far, is also less than the average volumes for previous years.

If this trend continues, the NWC said it is expecting that the storage levels will be further depleted, hence the need for restrictions at this time.