Puerto Rico's water utility loses 65% of its supply to leaks before drought rationing even begins

Puerto Rico's water utility PRASA loses about 65% of the water it produces to leaks and unbilled usage, meaning barely a third reaches paying customers. The chronic infrastructure deficit compounds a drought that has pushed over 500,000 residents into 48-hour rotating shutoffs. Rationing can stabilize the Carraízo reservoir; it cannot fix pipes that waste more water than they deliver.