Raw sewage contaminating waters in Puerto Rico after Maria
Source: Associated Press
Associated Press
October 16, 2017
Updated October 16, 2017 11:35am
CAGUAS, Puerto Rico >> Raw sewage is pouring into the rivers and reservoirs of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. People without running water bathe and wash their clothes in contaminated streams, and some islanders have been drinking water from condemned wells.
Nearly a month after the hurricane made landfall, Puerto Rico is only beginning to come to grips with a massive environmental emergency that has no clear end in sight.
I think this will be the most challenging environmental response after a hurricane that our country has ever seen, said Judith Enck, who served as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency region that includes Puerto Rico under President Barack Obama.
With hundreds of thousands of people still without running water, and 20 of the islands 51 sewage treatment plants out of service, there are growing concerns about contamination and disease.
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Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)But seriously, I don't know which disgusts me more.. the rumpus not doing a fucking thing about it, or the public for not being more outraged about it. Fucking disgusting.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)provide clean water, home, clothe, feed people. Oh wait, we do! But only 8 people are on the hospital ship. Since they have a desalinization plant on board so they can always have grease clean water, you'd think someone would get their heads out of their asses and start shuttling water to the island.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)riversedge
(70,218 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)when sewage was bubbling up from the storm drains during the flooding. In P.R. it is so much worse because of the massive infrastructure damage.