Puerto Rico Water Crisis Deepens | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Puerto Rico is hitting emergency water rationing as a severe drought grips the island, with residents in Canovanas and Rio Grande getting water every other day—potentially expanding soon. Years of underinvestment and crumbling infrastructure have left the system vulnerable, even before the drought hit. Nearly 40,000 people were left without water last month, prompting National Guard intervention. Over half the island is now in moderate to severe drought, and residents are furious—protesting and demanding accountability after past crises like 2016’s rationing. Lawmakers are blaming the water authority for reactive, not proactive, management, especially as 40% of Puerto Ricans live in poverty and face worsening water insecurity. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/dc44c5718d4a459d