Puerto Rico (a Caribbean island and US territory) has introduced rotating 48-hour water shutoffs for around 180,000 properties across seven regions, after the island recorded its driest July on record, leaving the critical Carraízo reservoir severely depleted. Governor Jenniffer González said the measure was driven by extreme weather conditions, though long-standing infrastructure problems — including ageing pipes through which an estimated 65% of produced water is lost — have deepened the crisis. Puerto Rico has previously enacted similar rationing in 2015 and 2020, and officials have yet to announce when the current restrictions will be lifted.