Johng,
There were no viable water plants or treatment plants until the mid 90's. Anyone on the West End back then remembers the huge holes in the road for the water and sewage lines. Hard to miss a dozen 18 foot holes in the road. The construction nearly destroyed the businesses on the West End.
The small community in the 70's and 80's relied on the captured rain water, water trucks and the "wonderful" Elephant septic trucks to remove the waste water. All the water needed to be treated before consuming by boiling or by use of bleach. This situation would be beyond unacceptable today.
There is another water plant location available at Roaring River. Hopefully work will start soon to get this online.
A while back I wrote that Negril grew with little to no formal government planning. An article in today's Gleaner has the Minister of Tourism stating nearly the same thing. He promised this will no longer be the case.
