Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Karl Samuda (left), converses with Grade One students at the Roehampton Primary School in St. James during a tour of the institutions upgraded rainwater-harvesting system recently. Looking on is Montego Bay mayor and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, and Rural Water Supply Limited, which carried out the project, Councillor Homer Davis. More than 7,000 residents of several communities in South St. James now have access to an improved water supply, following the Rural Water Supply Limiteds (RWSL) completion of four major projects in that region at a cost of approximately $54 million. The projects include rehabilitation of the Spring Gardens water supply system; upgrading of the Montpelier water supply system; and improvements to the rainwater-harvesting systems at Roehampton Primary and Basic School, and Anchovy Primary School.
