Puerto Rico declares emergency and activates National Guard over water outages
Source: Associated Press
Puerto Rico declares emergency and activates National Guard over water outages
Updated 5:46 PM EDT, July 30, 2025
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — 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.
The problem has angered many on the island of 3.2 million people, especially because the state water and sewer authority has declined to name the company responsible for damaging a main water line while repairing a road last week.
Municipal officials have set up water distribution points and have gone home-to-home to distribute drinking water, with the National Guard now expected to help with those duties.
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