The recent bouts of rainfall across the island, especially in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), have resulted in a slight increase in the intake of water to the National Water Commission (NWC) storage facilities.

This was noted by Acting President of the NWC Mark Barnett at a Heads of Agencies meeting at the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change in Kingston, on Wednesday.

Barnett told portfolio minister Robert Pickersgill that even though the rains have brought some relief, they had had no significant impact on the storage levels in the Hermitage or Mona reservoirs.

"The restrictions will remain, and that will be enforced until we see some continued improvement. If the rains continue, then we may revise the schedule we have in place for the Corporate Area," he said.

Barnett said that at the Hermitage facility, 40 million gallons of water have been added, while at Mona, there has been an increase with inflows from the Yallahs and Hope River intake systems.