Puerto Ricans brace for water rationing

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The government in Puerto Rico will begin rationing water this week, cutting service to more than half a million of the island’s residents. The National Guard will help distribute drinking water as the U.S. territory copes with its worst drought in more than a decade.

People’s taps will go dry on a schedule — 48 hours with water, then 48 hours without — until reservoirs are restored. But that coul…

The government in Puerto Rico will begin rationing water this week, cutting service to more than half a million of the island’s residents. The National Guard will help distribute drinking water as the U.S. territory copes with its worst drought in more than a decade.

People’s taps will go dry on a schedule — 48 hours with water, then 48 hours without — until reservoirs are restored. But that coul…

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