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Puerto Rico rations water as drought exposes aging infrastructure
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Puerto Rico’s water cuts will persist until reservoir levels recover or officials confront the island’s leaking, ageing pipe network.

The drought is exposing a long-running systems problem: even when water is produced, too much is disappearing before it reaches households.

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The drought is exposing a long-running systems problem: even when water is produced, too much is disappearing before it reaches households.

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Puerto Rico is rationing water for hundreds of thousands of residents as a severe drought deepens across most of the island. San Juan taps were turned off on Friday, and officials have not said when the measure will end. The water authority says about 65 percent of produced water is lost or unbilled because of leaks and ageing pipes, turning a weather crisis into an infrastructure failure.

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Puerto Rico rations water as drought exposes aging infrastructure

Hundreds of thousands are facing 48-hour cutoffs while officials blame drought and a leaky system that loses much of its water.

BBC News·1h ago
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