the same water situation exists in other parts of jamaica, perhaps even worse . . . for instance, in the hills of portland, the ppl may get water out of the pipe 1 out every 5 days for a few hours, that's it!!! . . .

those tanks are not "very inexpensive", they are "VERY EXPENSIVE" for the regular folks and a lot of folks do have them and even more don't have them!! . . . so, negril is not the only place that suffers from shortage of water in jamaica.

as a frequent traveller to jamaica, i'm always conscious of my use of water and try to do my best to conserve.