Once beset by power outages, Puerto Ricans also hit with severe water shortages
The governor activated the National Guard as nearly 40,000 customers lost service and San Juan’s mayor sued the water authority.
- On Wednesday, Gov. Jenniffer González activated the National Guard to distribute water after nearly 40,000 customers lost service during the first weekend of June, forcing residents to haul buckets and buy potable water.
- San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero sued the Water and Sewer Authority in late May over severe service failures; Gov. Jenniffer González acknowledged decades of infrastructure neglect and insufficient maintenance triggered the crisis.
- Residents like Jeannette Mercado Rodríguez endured up to two weeks without water; the Department of Agriculture and Tourism Company deployed additional trucks with 12,800-gallon capacity to help mitigate the emergency.
- On Wednesday night, the governor announced a $217 million investment to fix water infrastructure; residents nonetheless complain they remain billed for service they do not receive, which community leaders describe as 'inhuman'.
- Amid these shortages, the crisis strains budgets on an island of 3.2 million people where more than 40% live below the poverty line, forcing authorities to address long-term water security needs.
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Independent EspañolSAN JUAN (AP) — Thousands of Puerto Ricans face such a serious water shortage that the U.S. governor has mobilized the National Guard and emergency services serve calls every day.
Serious infrastructure problems cause daily difficulties and have led to the intervention of the National Guard
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Once beset by power outages, Puerto Ricans also hit with severe water shortages
Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with water shortages so severe that the governor of the U.S. territory has activated the National Guard and emergency responders are fielding calls every day.
Puerto Rico—Thousands of Puerto Ricans face such a serious water shortage that the U.S. governor has mobilized the National Guard and emergency services receive calls every day. (Continue reading...) Take a look at the video here: La entrada Puerto Ricans face water scarcity was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.
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