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Potable water supply system now in place at Ginger Ridge Primary School

Published:Wednesday | January 3, 2024 | 12:08 AM
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Students of the Ginger Ridge Primary and Infant School in St Catherine perform at the recent commissioning of the multimillion-dollar Connors/Ginger Ridge Water Scheme at a ceremony held at the school.
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Students of the Ginger Ridge Primary and Infant School in St Catherine perform at the recent commissioning of the multimillion-dollar Connors/Ginger Ridge Water Scheme at a ceremony held at the school.
Member of Parliament for West Central St Catherine, Dr Christopher Tuftton centret) along with Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott, turns on the pipe to mark the opening of the Ginger Ridge water supply project on Wednesday, October 11 2023. They were accompa
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Member of Parliament for West Central St Catherine, Dr Christopher Tuftton centret) along with Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott, turns on the pipe to mark the opening of the Ginger Ridge water supply project on Wednesday, October 11 2023. They were accompanied by Audley Thompson Managing Director of the Rural Water Project (left) and Principal of the Ginger Ridge primary School Kimetha Boothe Francis.
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Students at the Ginger Ridge Primary and Infant School in St Catherine now have access to potable water, following work done by the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL).

The school has been adopted by the RWSL, and recently it installed several rails across the compound to prevent the students from falling over bumpy areas at the institution, and established a rainwater harvesting system at the school.

Managing director of the water agency, Audley Thompson, said during the recent building of a multimillion-dollar water project for the community, which is now being operated by the National Water Commission (NWC), the school provided land for a storage tank, and they decided to reward them with the adoption.

“We did a total revamp, providing proper guttering, and ensured that their concrete tank is in a wholesome condition,” he said, in an interview with JIS News.

He added that with the NWC supply and the rainwater harvesting system, “their water bill will not be that expensive”.

Principal of the school, Kimetha Francis, said another part of the work carried out by the RWSL was repairing the roof.

She said she is pleased that classes will no longer be disrupted due to water scarcity.

“We are totally grateful, and I am a very happy principal. We are never going to be out of water, now that the system is in place,” she said, noting that the 70 students and six teachers are overjoyed.

The RWSL is an agency of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with a mission to design, plan and implement potable water infrastructure.