Puerto Ricans are reportedly being given drinking water from Superfund sites, areas that may be contaminated with hazardous waste, amid an ongoing lack of accessible clean water after Hurricane Maria.
"I don’t have a choice… This is the only option I have," local Jose Luis Rodriguez, 66, told CNN, as he filled up bottles of water at the Dorado Superfund site.
It’s unknown if the particular well being used on Friday is contaminated. The EPA did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News’s request for comment, but said in a statement to CNN that it plans to test the well over the weekend.
Hye-Jin Kim, who works in policy at think tank Frontier Group, created a map of the island’s Superfund sites.
If boiling the water is not possible, water may be disinfected with bleach.