2026-08-06 18:43 UTC / 路透社
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2026年8月6日 18:43 UTC 更新于1小时前
美国华盛顿国会山，2026年6月17日，波多黎各总督珍妮弗·冈萨雷斯-科隆在参议院能源与自然资源委员会“审视美国领地状况”听证会上作证。路透社/安娜贝尔·戈登/资料图 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
8月6日（路透社）——当局表示，波多黎各将于本周五在全岛范围内启动轮换供水限制计划，以应对严重干旱。该计划将迫使数万名民众每次断水48小时。
根据美国领地波多黎各水务和下水道管理局官网发布的细节，此次供水限制将至少持续至8月底。波多黎各总督珍妮弗·冈萨雷斯在周三晚间的新闻发布会上表示，她无法确定此次限制供水需要持续多久。
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“我们无法掌控这一局势，”冈萨雷斯在周三早些时候的一份新闻稿中表示，“这是我们一直面临的气候条件导致的结果。”
据美国国家气象局数据，波多黎各首府圣胡安经历了有记录以来最干旱的7月。美国干旱监测机构数据显示，该岛近68%的区域正处于干旱状态。
缓解干旱的希望渺茫。美国国家海洋和大气管理局的预测显示，随着日益增强的厄尔尼诺现象抑制了通常为该岛带来晚季降雨的热带波活动，8月至10月期间，波多黎各出现低于正常降雨量和高于正常气温的概率超过70%。
据政府消息，包括圣胡安在内的7个直辖市将在本轮限水措施中受到影响。这些区域均由卡拉伊佐水库供水，当局表示该水库水位已处于临界低位。受影响区域被划分为两个区域，将以48小时为周期交替停水和恢复供水。
波多黎各水务和下水道管理局表示，将向受影响社区部署送水车，医院和长期护理机构将获得优先供水。该局还敦促居民在恢复供水后将水煮沸至少三分钟，以防范可能出现的水污染风险。
该局同时呼吁用户在供水期间节约用水，避免洗车、浇灌草坪等非必要用水行为。
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Puerto Rico to begin water rationing due to intense drought
2026-08-06 6:43 PM UTC / Reuters
By Brad Brooks
August 6, 2026 6:43 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon testifies at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing “to Examine the State of the U.S. Territories” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Puerto Rico will begin a rotating water rationing program on Friday across the island in response to intense drought, authorities said, in a plan that forces tens of thousands of people to go without water for 48 hours at a time.
The rationing will last at least through the end of August, according to details posted on the U.S. territory’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority website. Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez said at a press conference late on Wednesday that she does not know how long the rationing will be required.
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“This situation is out of our hands,” Gonzalez said in a press release earlier on Wednesday. “It is the result of the climate conditions we’ve been facing.”
Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan, experienced its driest July on record, according to the National Weather Service. Nearly 68% of the island is experiencing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Little relief is in sight. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration outlook puts the odds of below-normal rainfall and above-normal heat at greater than 70% for Puerto Rico from August through October, as a strengthening El Nino pattern suppresses the tropical waves that typically bring the island’s late-summer rain.
Seven municipalities, including San Juan, will see rationing in the current phase of cuts, according to the government. They are all areas served by the Carraizo reservoir, which authorities say is at critically low levels. Affected areas have been split into two zones that will alternate with and without service on 48-hour cycles.
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority said it would deploy water trucks to affected communities, with priority given to hospitals and long-term care facilities, and urged residents to boil water for at least three minutes once service resumes as a precaution against possible contamination.
It also asked customers to conserve during service periods and avoid non-essential use of water such as washing cars or watering lawns.
Reporting by Brad Brooks in Colorado; Editing by Paul Simao
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