Dear Editor,
Nowadays the news of water lock-offs do nothing more than cause the average Jamaican to mutter under their breath while lining up to install another tank and using oversized garbage bins for water storage.
I fully understand that the damage to the environment leaves a hefty bill for us to pay — goodbye, Hellshire — but what I cannot understand is why the National Water Commission (NWC) continues to do the rain dance when Mother Nature is clearly saying that this is no time to party.
Am I the only one who sees that sitting and praying for rain isn’t actually going to bring rain?
Don’t get me wrong, I believe in prayer, but even the ‘good book’ says, “By the sweat of your brow you shall eat”. (Genesis 3:19) By extension, this means drink and bathe and do all the other necessities that a proper water supply allows. So NWC, where is the fruit of your labour that is paid for in part by taxes as well as my ever-increasing water bill?
If The University of the West Indies could “find” water to supply on its Mona Campus what does the NWC plan to do to help remedy this problem? Whenever the drought is at its peak we hear of all these ideas to be acted on in short order, but as soon as “two likkle drap a rain fall fram di sky” it washes away all plans, as well as the memory of the garbage bin in the back of the yard breeding mosquitoes.
NWC, science, technology, grants and loans are there for the taking, use it wisely and quickly, because the dams are already dry and the people are thirsty.
Ms Golding
Cls_gold@yahoo.com
Nowadays the news of water lock-offs do nothing more than cause the average Jamaican to mutter under their breath while lining up to install another tank and using oversized garbage bins for water storage.
I fully understand that the damage to the environment leaves a hefty bill for us to pay — goodbye, Hellshire — but what I cannot understand is why the National Water Commission (NWC) continues to do the rain dance when Mother Nature is clearly saying that this is no time to party.
Am I the only one who sees that sitting and praying for rain isn’t actually going to bring rain?
Don’t get me wrong, I believe in prayer, but even the ‘good book’ says, “By the sweat of your brow you shall eat”. (Genesis 3:19) By extension, this means drink and bathe and do all the other necessities that a proper water supply allows. So NWC, where is the fruit of your labour that is paid for in part by taxes as well as my ever-increasing water bill?
If The University of the West Indies could “find” water to supply on its Mona Campus what does the NWC plan to do to help remedy this problem? Whenever the drought is at its peak we hear of all these ideas to be acted on in short order, but as soon as “two likkle drap a rain fall fram di sky” it washes away all plans, as well as the memory of the garbage bin in the back of the yard breeding mosquitoes.
NWC, science, technology, grants and loans are there for the taking, use it wisely and quickly, because the dams are already dry and the people are thirsty.
Ms Golding
Cls_gold@yahoo.com