Richard Cox, Senior Works Superintendent with the National Irrigation Commission Limited, speaks with us briefly about the Old Harbour Branch Canal, which assists with the artificial recharge of our aquifer.
Districts
Rio Cobre
Spanish Town and its environs
17 Barrett Street, Spanish Town
Spanish Town and its environs
17 Barrett Street, Spanish Town
Yallahs
St. Thomas
Yallahs P.O.
St. Thomas
Yallahs P.O.
Mid-Clarendon
Clarendon
Osbourne Store P.O.
Clarendon
Osbourne Store P.O.
St. Dorothy
St. Catherine
Bodles, Old Harbour P.O.
St. Catherine
Bodles, Old Harbour P.O.
New Forest/Duff House
Manchester
New Forest, New Forest P.O.
Manchester
New Forest, New Forest P.O.
Hounslow
St. Elizabeth
Watchwell, Watchwell P.O.
St. Elizabeth
Watchwell, Watchwell P.O.
Braco
Trelawny
Main Street, Duncans P.O.
Trelawny
Main Street, Duncans P.O.
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Rio Cobre District Office
Contact:
Mr. Glenmore Young
Regional Systems Manager
Eastern Region
Tel: (876) 489-9078
Email: glenmorey@nicjamaica.com
Office:
Tel: (876) 984-2334
(876) 489-8801
Fax: (876) 984-8401
Irrigation Schemes
RIO COBRE
Location: St. Catherine
Office: 17 Barrett Street, Spanish Town
Active area: 8,877.63 Ac ( 3,592.73 ( Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized & canal
Major water source: ground & surface
Number of pumps: 31
Length of pipeline: 31 km
Length of canal: 67 km
Number of customers: 230
Agri. activities: sugar cane, cash crops, fish and poultry
AMITY HALL
Location: St. Catherine
Office: 17 Barrett Street, Spanish Town
Active Area: 113.80 Ac ( 46.1 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: surface
Number of pumps: 1
Number of customers: 21
Agri. activities: cash crops, orchard crops
St. Dorothy District Office
Principal Engineer, Raymond Austin informs us of the role this department plays in maintaining equipment and infrastructure across all the districts of the NIC.
Contact:
Mr. Glenmore Young
Regional Systems Manager
Eastern Region
Tel: (876) 489-9078
Email: glenmorey@nicjamaica.com
Office:
Tel: (876) 983-2712/ (876) 489-8781
(876) 489-8781
Fax: (876) 745-2759
Irrigation Schemes
ST. DOROTHY
Location: St. Catherine
Office: Bodles, Old Harbour P.O., St. Catherine
Active area: 1,108.96 Ac ( 448.79 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized & canal
Major water source: ground & surface
Number of pumps: 13
Length of pipeline: 15 km
Length of canal: 36 km
Number of customers: 389
Agri. activities: sugar cane, cash crops, fish and poultry
COLBECK
Location: St. Catherine
Office: Bodles, Old Harbour P.O., St. Catherine
Active area: 229.85 Ac ( 93.02 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: ground
Number of pumps: 1
Length of pipeline: 5.5 km
Number of customers: 79
Agri. activities: cash crops
Yallahs District Office
Glenmore Young, Regional Systems Manager NIC Eastern Region, walks us through the Yallahs Pumping Station and informs us of its role in supplying water to the Yallahs Agro Park, which produces cash crops and accounts for 45% of onion production in the parish.
Contact:
Mr. Glenmore Young
Regional Systems Manager
Eastern Region
Tel: (876) 489 9078
Email: glenmorey@nicjamaica.com
Office:
Tel: (876) 706-3159
(876) 489-8912
Fax: (876) 706-3160
Irrigation Schemes
YALLAHS
Location: St. Thomas
Office: Yallahs P.O., St. Thomas
Active area: 181.29 Ac ( 73.37 Ha) ; 273.64 Ac ( 110.74 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized & canal
Major water source: ground
Number of pumps: 3
Length of pipeline: 19.22 km
Number of customers: 90
Agri. activities: cash crops
PLANTAIN GARDEN RIVER (PGR)
Location: St. Thomas
Office: Yallahs P.O., St. Thomas
Active area:108.52 Ac ( 43.92 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized & canal
Major water source: surface
Number of pumps: 1 diesel
Length of pipeline: 15 km
Number of customers: 21
Agri. activities: cash crops
YALLAHS IDB
Location: St. Thomas
Office: Yallahs P.O., St. Thomas
Active area: 109.3 hectares
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: Norris and Hartease Wells
Number of pumps: 2
Length of pipeline: 15.04 km
Number of customers: 152
Agri. activities: cash crops
Mid-Clarendon District Office
At the Ebony Park Pumping Station, Robert Miller, District Manager Mid-Clarendon, informs us of the deep well which provides their reservoir with water, as well as the work being done by the NIC to ensure sustainable energy production.
Contact:
Mr. Robert Miller
Regional Systems Manager
Central Region
Tel: (876) 489 8965
Email: robertm@nicjamaica.com
Office:
Tel: (876) 987-3140/3259
(876) 469-1909
Fax: (876) 987-3139
Irrigation Schemes
MID-CLARENDON
Office: Osbourne Store P.O., Clarendon
Active area: 5,793.52 Ac ( 2,344.61 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized & canal
Major water source: ground & surface
Number of pumps: 39
Length of pipeline: 50 km
Length of canal: 132 km
Number of customers: 426
Agri. activities: Sugar cane, cash crops, poultry
New Forest District Office
Fitzgerald Reid, Senior Works Superintendent at the NIC, walks us through the different types of irrigation systems: Rainer, Flood and Drip. He outlines the benefits and drawbacks of each, in this informative video.
Contact:
Mr. Robert Miller
Regional Systems Manager
Central Region
Tel: (876) 489 8965
Email: robertm@nicjamaica.com
Office:
Tel: (876) 371-0794
Irrigation Schemes
NEW FOREST/ DUFF HOUSE
Office: New Forest, New Forest P.O., Manchester
Active area: 946.53 Ac ( 383.06 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: ground
Number of pumps: 4
Length of pipeline: 27 km
Number of customers: 398
Agri. activities: cash crops
Braco District Office
Carlos Williams, Special Works Superintendent, informs us of the role the Braco Research and Demonstration Plot plays in the community. His team services farms in the area and teaches farmers about water use efficiency and growing crops.
Contact:
Mr. Imran Singh
Regional Systems Manager
Western Region
Tel: (876) 285-3712
Email: imrans@nicjamaica.com
Office:
Tel: (876) 954-2147
(876) 489-9095
Fax: (876) 954-2295
Irrigation Schemes
BRACO
Office: Main Street, Duncans P.O., Trelawny
Active area: 320.88 Ac ( 129.86 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: surface
Number of pumps: 2
Length of pipeline: 8.6 km
Length of canal: 67 km
Number of customers: 112
Agri. activities: cash crops
Hounslow District Office
Imran Singh, Regional Systems Manager for the Western Region of the NIC, shares a little bit about NIC’s role in ensuring the rivers of St. Elizabeth are clean. He also shares with us a new method of irrigation technology known as ‘raised bed plastic mulch’, to keep crops well-fertilised and healthy.
Contact:
Mr. Imran Singh
Regional Systems Manager
Western Region
Tel: (876) 285-3712
Email: imrans@nicjamaica.com
Office:
Tel: (876) 965-0714
(876) 489-8918
Fax: (876) 965-0232
Irrigation Schemes
BEACON/LITTLE PARK
Location: St. Elizabeth
Office: Watchwell, Watchwell P.O., St. Elizabeth
Active area: 1,076.94 Ac ( 435.83 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: ground
Number of pumps: 3
Length of pipeline: 27.4 km
Number of customers: 374
Agri. activities: cash crops
SEVEN RIVERS
Location: St. James
Office: Watchwell, Watchwell P.O., St. Elizabeth
Active area: 59.52 Ac ( 24.09 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: surface
Number of pumps: 1
Length of pipeline: 3 km
Number of customers: 13
Agri. activities: orchard and cash crop
HOUNSLOW
Location: St. James
Office: Watchwell, Watchwell P.O., St. Elizabeth
Active area: 1,827.11 Ac ( 739.72 Ha)
Irrigation system: pressurized
Major water source: ground
Number of pumps: 5
Length of pipeline: 41.4 km
Number of customers: 568
Agri. activities: cash crops, livestock