Puerto Rico is in the middle of a water crisis that has people rationing water. MS NOW's Rosa Flores shows the reality of what it's like on the ground for people living there right now.
FEMA is deploying water trailers to Puerto Rico after the island's worst drought in more than a century forced rotating shutoffs for hundreds of thousands of households, and local officials say conditions could still get worse. Authorities began cutting water service on a rotating 48-hour schedule late last week in parts of San Juan, Carolina, […] The post More than 180,000 Puerto Rico households face water shutoffs as FEMA sends emergency trailers appeared first on American Almanac .
FEMA is deploying water trailers to Puerto Rico after the island's worst drought in more than a century forced rotating shutoffs for hundreds of thousands of households, and local officials say conditions could still get worse. Authorities began cutting water service on a rotating 48-hour schedule late last week in parts of San Juan, Carolina, Juncos, Gurabo, Trujillo Alto, Canovanas, and Loiza. More than 180,000 households now cycle between two days with water and two days without, a rationing plan that Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon announced at a Sunday press conference after declaring a state of emergency on July 31. FEMA confirmed Monday that it will provide water trailers for up to 30 days, following a formal request from the Puerto…Open
More than 180,000 customer accounts across San Juan and six surrounding municipalities lost running water under a mandatory rationing order that took effect Friday, a crisis driven by record drought and a water system that loses nearly two-thirds of everything it produces. Residents woke to dry taps and a grim schedule: two groups alternating at […] The post Puerto Rico's water crisis leaves hundreds of thousands dry as decades of neglect meet record drought appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 180,000 customer accounts across San Juan and six surrounding municipalities lost running water under a mandatory rationing order that took effect Friday, a crisis driven by record drought and a water system that loses nearly two-thirds of everything it produces. Residents woke to dry taps and a grim schedule: two groups alternating at least 48 hours without water at a time, with government officials warning outages could stretch to 72 hours if conditions worsen. No end date has been announced. Families filled jugs and buckets wherever they could. In Trujillo Alto, just outside the capital, residents hauled water from a natural spring. Government tanker trucks rolled into neighborhoods to distribute what the pipes could not…Open
The island has struggled with low water pressure and outages over the past year.
The rationing is expected to last at least through the end of August.
The rationing is expected to last at least through the end of August.Open
In the Desert and Mountain West, towns like Kearny, Ariz., are already warning residents they could soon run out of water, but rationing so far has been patchy.