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period must be viewed against: a) record levels of production in the April-June 2009; as well as b) the severe drought conditions experienced which prevailed since the latter part of 2009 into the first quarter of 2010. The declines in April-June 2010 outweighed the positive performance associated with the rehabilitation works being undertaken under the KMA Water Supply Project as well as other plant upgrades. With regard to the July-December 2010 period, given the high water production levels in the July-September quarter, higher production levels are not anticipated. The effects associated with the passage of Tropical Storm Nicole are expected to exacerbate the situation, and thereby impact the performance in the water sub-industry negatively, resulting in further reduction in production in the July- September quarter. This coupled with the effects of the storm on electricity sub-industry is expected to further erode the projected 2.0 per cent decline in GDP for the industry for the July-December 2010 period. a) Electricity Sub-industry The Jamaica Public Service is the sole transmitter and distributor of electricity in Jamaica. It serves a customer base of approximately 600 000 customers; has a peak demand of 642 megawatts; and a generating capacity that exceeds 620 megawatts. This energy demand is supplied from 4 main power stations and 8 hydro-electric plants. The JPS also purchase a total of 217 megawatts of power from 3 independent power providers Preliminary estimates indicate that the electricity sub-industry sustained damage of some $92.4 million. While there may have been some associated losses, the company indicated that this would have been minimal as it was mainly the smaller users that were out of electricity. The impact to large consumers, for example hotels, was limited and hence the associated losses would be minimal. Tropical Storm Nicole resulted in minimal damage to JPSCo’s transmission lines, transformer stations and household installations while minor damage were done to its distribution networks and communication systems. The damage was caused by the heavy rains, strong winds and lightning, which resulted in broken power lines, dislocated poles and damaged electrical infrastructure. The associated impact on the company’s distribution system resulted in power outages to approximately 48.0 per cent of customers (over 288 000) 44
islandwide. The number of customers on the grid was increased to 99.0 per cent of the total within almost a week of the storm. However, restoration efforts were hampered by blocked roads, landslides, flooding, badly damaged roadways and ongoing rainfall in some areas. Therefore, while power was restored to most customers, after almost a week (as at October 5, 2010) some households (approximately 500) were still without electricity on the 6 th October. b) Water Supply and Sanitation The National Water Commission (NWC) operates 460 water supply systems and 68 waste water systems islandwide. The Commission’s water supply infrastructure consists mainly of: wells; water treatment plants and intake works; booster/relift stations; springs and harnessing structures; tanks and reservoirs; and a large network of transmission/ distribution pipeline. In addition, the NWC operates approximately 100 sewage treatment plants, including oxidation ditch, activated sludge, waste stabilization pond and primary treatment plants. The system is highly vulnerable to the effects of hurricane, storms, floods and related extreme weather phenomena. This is due to a number of factors, including the location of intakes in riverbeds; some wells and pumping stations located in low lying plains; most systems being heavily dependent on the National Power Grid for operations; much transmission and distribution pipelines being exposed to landslides, pipeline dislocation and breakages; and the exposure of water sources to very muddy inflows (high turbidity) after heavy rainfall. These problems are exacerbated by the fact that most water systems are at least partly situated in very remote areas that are difficult to access due to the hilly topography on which they are located, even under normal conditions. Preliminary estimates of damage to the NWC system ranged between $240.0 million -$270.0 million. Assessment of damage to rural and remote infrastructure as well as commercial losses, increased operating costs (including trucking of water) and other costs associated with the tropical storm has not yet been ascertained. 45
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JAMAICA MACRO SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND EN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .
Page 5 and 6: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Radar Com
Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary Description of th
Page 9 and 10: Infrastructure As in the case with
Page 11 and 12: Education Total damage to education
Page 13 and 14: I. INTRODUCTION The Meteorological
Page 15 and 16: On September 30, most parishes cont
Page 17 and 18: Table 1: Wind Analysis Parish Stati
Page 19 and 20: • Clarendon - Grimmith recorded 3
Page 21 and 22: The National Aeronautics and Space
Page 23 and 24: In the aftermath of the event, the
Page 25 and 26: Major landslide on the Maggotty mai
Page 27 and 28: The entrance to the Apple Valley Pa
Page 29 and 30: Figure 8: Areas Critically Affected
Page 31 and 32: Figure 9: Communities Affected by T
Page 33 and 34: elated to the weather event were tr
Page 35 and 36: At the time of the event, the predo
Page 37 and 38: Figure 10: Damage to Educational In
Page 39 and 40: C. Public Buildings a) Correctional
Page 41 and 42: Figure 12: Summary of Damage to the
Page 43 and 44: 3. Vector Control - Comprehensive p
Page 45 and 46: Figure 13: Total Damage to Agricult
Page 47 and 48: Table 15: Preliminary Costs of Dama
Page 49 and 50: Table 17: Preliminary Estimates of
Page 51 and 52: B. Tourism Sector General Overview
Page 53 and 54: Damage Preliminary cost of damage i
Page 55: IV. INFRASTRUCTURE The country’s
Page 59 and 60: The NWC was able to restore most of
Page 61 and 62: Table 23: Preliminary Cost To Re-Op
Page 63 and 64: As a result trips were shortened an
Page 65 and 66: events (Hurricane Ivan, 2004; Hurri
Page 67 and 68: Figure 18). Seagrass beds along wit
Page 69 and 70: Figure 19: Eroded section of Long B
Page 71 and 72: Waste Significant volumes of waste
Page 73 and 74: VI. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF TROPICA
Page 75 and 76: unemployment levels; and 2) reduced
Page 77 and 78: January April July October January
Page 79 and 80: domestic market, business and consu
Page 81 and 82: State of Emergency in sections of K
Page 83 and 84: mainly to a reduction in outflow of
Page 85 and 86: • a $4.0 million grant to assist
Page 87 and 88: VII. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Page 89 and 90: Proposed Projects Apart from projec
Page 91 and 92: APPENDIX 79
Page 93 and 94: RADAR SUMMARY DATE : September 26,
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APPENDIX 3 Depression in New Market
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