2026年8月7日 / 美国东部时间上午11:19 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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波多黎各首都及周边社区的数十万民众周五醒来后发现家中停水，一项大规模限水措施正式生效。此次限水措施出台之际，波多黎各正遭遇严重干旱，叠加本岛基础设施问题导致的供水短缺。
“情况太残酷了，”圣胡安居民格洛里亚尼·巴巴用西班牙语对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，“如今还要经历这种事，简直难以置信。”
人们可以看到居民们在限水措施生效前就已经在用水罐和水桶接水。此次限水影响了圣胡安及其他六个直辖市的超过18万个用户账户——涵盖家庭和商户。用户被分为两组，轮流停水，每次停水时长至少48小时。
政府官员尚未透露限水措施何时结束，并警告停水时长可能延长至每次72小时。
在波多黎各圣胡安因严重干旱实施政府强制限水期间，居民在供水分发点从水车取水。里卡多·阿尔登戈 / 法新社 via 盖蒂图片社
圣胡安7月经历了120多年来最干旱的一个月，同时也是有记录以来第二热的月份。根据美国干旱监测机构的数据，约36%的波多黎各地区正面临严重干旱，另有32%处于中度干旱。
“我们不需要一场热带风暴就能缓解旱情，需要多场热带风暴加上冬季降水，才能摆脱这场干旱危机，”当地WAPA电视台首席气象学家阿达·门松说道。
这场干旱给本已因数十年投资不足、维护延期和基础设施老化而不堪重负的供水系统带来了更大压力。
波多黎各水务局表示，其生产的水中约65%发生损耗或未产生营收，其中大部分源于管道泄漏和管网老化。
该岛总督珍妮弗·冈萨雷斯承认多年来的疏于管理，但将当前问题归咎于天气。
在此次限水措施实施前，圣胡安各社区已记录到2026年至少118天反复停水。供水时断时续，曾全天甚至连续多日关闭，居民还抱怨水压极低。
低收入波多黎各民众花钱购买瓶装水，老年人则依靠邻居和家人帮忙运水。
在波多黎各特鲁希略阿尔托因严重干旱实施强制限水期间，一名居民从天然泉眼接水后提着一桶水离开。里卡多·阿尔登戈 / 法新社 via 盖蒂图片社
波多黎各曾在2020年和2015年实施过限水措施，当时约40万水务用户每三天才能获得一次供水。
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/puerto-ricos-ongoing-water-crisis-leads-to-rationing/
Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico wake up with no running water as rationing begins: “It’s brutal”
August 7, 2026 / 11:19 AM EDT / CBS News
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Lucia I Suarez Sang Associate Managing Editor
Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the director of digital content at FOX61 News in Connecticut and has previously written for outlets including FoxNews.com, Fox News Latino and the Rutland Herald.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico’s capital and surrounding communities woke up without running water as a massive rationing measure took effect Friday. It comes amid a severe drought on top of shortages due to infrastructure issues on the island.
“It’s brutal,” San Juan resident Gloriany Baba told CBS News in Spanish. “It’s unbelievable to live through this today.”
Residents were seen filling up jugs and buckets with water ahead of the rationing, which affects more than 180,000 customer accounts — meaning households and businesses — in San Juan and six other municipalities. Customers were divided into two groups that will alternate not having water for at least 48 hours at a time.
Government officials have not said when the rationing will end and have warned the outages could be extended to 72 hours at a time.
Residents collect water from a tanker truck at a distribution point during a government-imposed water rationing amid a severe drought in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ricardo ARDUENGO /AFP via Getty Images
In San Juan, July was the driest month in more than 120 years and the second hottest on record. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, about 36% of Puerto Rico is facing a severe drought, and another 32% is in a moderate drought.
“It’s not going to take one tropical system. It’s going to take many tropical systems and the winter precipitation for us to get out of this drought crisis,” said Ada Monzon, the chief meteorologist at local station WAPA-TV.
The drought has put even more pressure on a water system already strained by decades of underinvestment, deferred maintenance and aging infrastructure.
Puerto Rico’s water authority says roughly 65% of the water it produces is lost or goes unbilled, much of it through leaks and aging pipes.
The island’s governor, Jenniffer González, has acknowledged years of neglect, but blamed the current problem on the weather.
Communities in San Juan have documented at least 118 days in 2026 with repeated water outages before the rationing measures began. Service has been intermittent and has shut off for full days and multiple days at a time. Residents have also complained about very low pressure.
Low-income Puerto Ricans are spending money on bottled water, and the elderly are relying on neighbors and family to carry water to them.
A resident carries a bucket of water after collecting it from a natural spring during a mandatory water rationing imposed amid a severe drought in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Ricardo ARDUENGO /AFP via Getty Images
Puerto Rico previously implemented rationing measures in 2020 and in 2015, when some 400,000 utility customers received water only every third day.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/puerto-ricos-ongoing-water-crisis-leads-to-rationing/
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