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Commercial Service Improvement of the National Water Commission​

Following the contract JWSIP category A, the project is part of an 88-million US dollars contract (category B), leaded by VINCI Construction Grands Projets, in consortium with WMI.

The project consists in the 3 following main activities:

  • refurbishing the main production and distribution facilities of the NWC in Montego Bay, Lucea and Mathra Brae
  • replacing primary network in Kingston
  • increasing the revenue of the NWC including the selective replacement of the utility’s water meters
  • Project execution dates
    from February 2013 to February 2015
  • Localization
    Jamaica
  • Expertise domains
    • Commercial optimization
    • Operational assistance
    • Technical optimization
Description of the WMI service

Section B – Extension of customer metering initiative​

  • Supply and installation of 18,000 mechanical domestic water meters (including geo-referencing), 1,200 solid state domestic water meters (AMR ready) as part of a 2 phases new technology meters pilot, and 2,500 mechanical class C large water meters (AMR/AMI ready)
  • Supply only of 22,000 mechanical domestic water meters​
  • Implementation of a new multi-protocol meter reading system in Jamaica compatible with the AMR

Section H – Technical assistance for revenue enhancement and protection component​

W.M.I. and NWC were engaged in a co-management arrangement for the reduction of non-revenue water in the western parishes

  • Commercial activities​:
    • Regularizing of consumers in several informal settlements​
    • Monitoring of large customer accounts​
    • Calculation of non-revenue water​
  • Technical and non-revenue water Improvement co-management activities​:
    • Design of meter banks​
    • Rehabilitation of 42 DMAs in selected areas, including monitoring (creation, training and handing over of a monitoring software)​
    • Leak detection, including by acoustic method and leak repairs​
    • Pressure management of the distribution network​
    • Survey of Inactive commercial accounts​
    • Update of the hydraulic model​
    • Creation of a DMA and large customers monitoring software​
    • Supply of materials, equipment, tools and spare parts for repair and operation of the distribution network ​
    • Maintenance of appurtenances​
  • Transfer of knowledge and best practice solutions to NWC personnel, including formal and on-site training on pipe survey, leak detection, leak repairs on large diameter pipeline, installation of meters, customer database, …
Key Results
  • Section B:
    increase billed consumption by 9,000 m3 per day
  • Section H:
    non-revenue water reduction from 75% down to 43% depending on DMA​
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