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Rainwater Harvesting Could Shield Puerto Rico From Drought

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Source: WIRED
Rainwater Harvesting Could Shield Puerto Rico From Drought
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TL;DR

Puerto Rico faces a historic drought with water rationing caused by aging pipes and leaks; despite plentiful rainfall, rainwater harvesting isn’t mandated or subsidized, a gap that keeps a low-cost, scalable relief option underused. If 1 million households adopted simple rain-catchment systems, the island could collect about 30 billion gallons a year, easing demand on the grid while larger infrastructure repairs are pursued. Political will, costs, and building codes remain hurdles to widespread adoption.

Topics:worldenvironment#climate-change#drought#environment#puerto-rico#rainwater-harvesting#water-infrastructure
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  1. Puerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting Rainwater  WIRED
  2. Puerto Rico is rationing water amid historic drought  Reuters
  3. One Puerto Rico condo building, 10 families, no water  NPR
  4. What you need to know about the water crisis in Puerto Rico  Yale Climate Connections
  5. Philly Puerto Rican community pressures federal officials to act amid ‘humanitarian crisis’  WHYY

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