Jamaican Till I Die!

Jamaica’s Aging Water Systems Falter Under Population Growth, Construction,  Intense Heat and Drought Long before Jamaicans declared war on the environment, when Kingston and St. Andrew were a greener city with a much lower population size, our water harvesting, storage and distribution infrastructure was not efficient enough to effectively survive drought and supply us with water. It was never fit for purpose. These days, Kingston, and St. Andrew has changed because we declared war on every inch of greenspaces, converting single family homes with beautiful green yard spaces into Gated Concrete Townhouse Compounds. If you build it, they will come and they are a coming. We are now building for the Global diaspora.  Construction of Hermitage Dam began in 1924 and it was inaugurated on 4 May 1927. It was developed to solve a 1927 problem. According to the 1921 census of Jamaica, the total population of the parishes of Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) was 118,309. In 1927, the Hermita...

They say water is life and if that is true then water should be our top priority. Instead we can borrow Billions to build new Vanity Parliament building and new Vanity Ministry of Foreign Affairs building thanks to the Chinese, 17 Million dollar sign but still no water. It is the Year 2019 and Jamaica is still suffering from the yearly drought even though all our Political parties declare that if we vote for them they will turn wine into water.  Before the 2016 election the JLP party delivered to the people of Jamaica their 10-point plan to prosperity. Andrew Holness delivered this 10 Point Plan, like he was Moses coming down from the Mount Sinai to deliver the 10 commandments to the children of Israel. Commandment number 5 reads: “Jamaica’s water infrastructure is inadequate, we will fix it. We will make strategic capital investments in water. Jamaica is not short of water; this government does not know how to manage our water. There are still too many house...