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Monday, August 15, 2005
Jamaica's State Minister in the Ministry of Water Harry Douglas said if the island is to achieve the goal of providing every household with access to potable water by 2010, greater attention will have to be paid to the rural areas.
Minister Douglas disclosed, while about 71 per cent of households had access to piped water, there was great disparity in access on an urban/rural basis.
In 2002 for instance, 96 per cent of the Kingston Metropolitan Area had access to private piped water while access in the rural areas stood at 40 per cent.
The government have put measures in place to address the disparity when Cabinet approved the formation of the Rural Water Supply Limited. The agency has a mandate to expand rural water supply in a concentrated and structured manner over the next few years.
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