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Puerto Rico’s water authority will face mounting pressure over leaks as drought restrictions continue.

This is a public-infrastructure crisis, not just a weather story. The combination of drought and system losses makes the island vulnerable to prolonged disruption.

Puerto Rico’s water cuts will persist until reservoir levels recover or officials confront the island’s leaking, ageing pipe network.

The drought is exposing a long-running systems problem: even when water is produced, too much is disappearing before it reaches households.