RESIDENTS living in housing schemes across six parishes are set to experience significant improvement in their water supply, through a multi-year project funded by the Government of Jamaica and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

A sum of $300 million has been allocated for the 2025/26 fiscal year to drive the Rural Water Supply Improvement Project forward.

The project, expected to conclude in March 2029, will bring reliable potable water infrastructure to non-utility service areas in St Mary, Trelawny, Clarendon, St Elizabeth, and St Thomas.

The project will directly address the challenges faced by residents of Agualta Vale/Jordan Run and Mason Hall in St Mary; Albert Town/Ulster Spring in Trelawny; Kemps Hill in Clarendon; Union/Balaclava in St Elizabeth; and Port Morant/Airy Castle in St Thomas.

In the coming fiscal year, Rural Water Supply Limited, under the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, will focus on establishing the project management unit for the initiative.

The agency will also focus on procuring office equipment for the unit, procuring motor vehicles, and securing contractors for the various schemes.

The collaborative effort between the Jamaican Government and the CDB will cost a total of $5.7 billion over an estimated five years.

The Government will contribute $987 million of that sum while the CDB will provide $4.7 billion in loan financing.