US EditionPuerto Rico declares emergency and activates National Guard over water outages
- Puerto Rico's Governor Jenniffer González declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard due to water outages affecting nearly 180,000 customers at the peak.
- As of Wednesday, nearly 3,000 customers, including nearly a dozen hotels, were still without water, according to Governor Jenniffer González.
- Municipal officials established water distribution points, and the National Guard is assisting with the distribution of drinking water.
- Governor González appointed a special coordinator to stabilize the water system and investigate the issue.
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Puerto Rico declares emergency and activates national guard over water outages
Puerto Rico’s governor declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and activated the National Guard after thousands of homes were left without water. Nearly 180,000 customers were affected at the peak of the outage late last week. As of Wednesday, nearly 3,000 customers were still without water, including nearly a dozen hotels, according to Gov. Jenniffer González.
San Juan, Jul 30 (EFE).- Gov. Jenniffer González declared on Wednesday the state of emergency for the infrastructure of the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewerage Authority (AAA) and activated the National Guard to provide support in the face of the crisis. These measures aim to address urgently the critical deficiencies affecting the provision of drinking water and sanitation services in multiple municipalities of the island.
Because several towns have been without water for days, Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González activated the National Guard and a czar for the Puerto Rico Water and Sewer Authority.
The president of the Committee of Government of the House of Representatives, Victor Parés, asked the Fiscal Board to evaluate declaring a water emergency in Puerto Rico and to support efforts to modernize the country’s rain infrastructure. “Just as the electricity infrastructure, the water network in Puerto Rico is obsolete and old. The average age of a pipeline on the island is about 73 years. In the continental states the average does not exc…
SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico’s National Guard activated on Wednesday staff and specialized equipment to assist the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority in the distribution of drinking water in several municipalities affected by the interruption of service. “The Puerto Rico National Guard is in direct support of the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, with a distribution capacity of approximately 48,000 gallons per day using six Hippo-type vehicles,” said Colonel Ca…
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