You need water to live. And you need it for other comforts like hygiene, lawn/garden care, washing your car, etc. But what happens when your government takes water away from you? That’s what is happening right now in Puerto Rico, where the government has instituted water rationing. Some residents could be out of water for two days at a time. Al Jazeera reports:
More than 180,000 Puerto Ricans will be without water for 48 hours at a time on a rotating basis starting Friday, as Puerto Rico scrambles to find a solution to the deepening crisis amid continuing extreme heat warnings.
“This situation is out of our hands,” Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez said late Tuesday as she blamed weather conditions. “Nothing prevents this from worsening.”
She said she did not know how long the rationing measures will remain in place. Meteorologists have warned dry conditions will likely persist until September.
July was the driest month on record for San Juan in more than 120 years and the second-hottest July for the capital. Almost 25 percent of Puerto Rico is experiencing a severe drought and another 36 percent is under a moderate drought, according to the US Drought Monitor.
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